Genlisea pygmaea

[Christian Dietz]

Hi,

My Genlisea pygmaea is currently in flower. I like this plant very much. The flowers are only about 0.5Cm in size.

Christian

 

[Tamlin Dawnstar]

Nice flowers! My plants haven't flowered yet although they are happy and healthy. Do you have any suggestions as to what they may need to induce flowering?

 

[NickHubbell]

Very nice photo. I also have a G. pygmaea. I have read that this is species is an annual, is this correct?

 

[Christian Dietz]

Hi,

I don't have any problems to flower this species. It grows besides my U. sandersonii. I keep the pot wet all year round. The plants are in my greenhouse, where it can get very hot (sometimes about 40°C) . I use the tray-method to water the plants. They usually stand in 1cm of water. Sometimes, there is even no water in the saucer, but i never let the pot dry out. Last year, the flowers set seed, without manual pollination. But a G. violacea flowered at the same time. So i can't exclude a cross-polination. I didn't manage to germinate the seeds. Interestingly, my G. repens has never flowered under the same conditions.

I don't think, it's an annual. If someone knows it better, please let me know.

Christian

 

[dodecatheon]

I agree. My G. pygmaea flowers under the exact same conditions as easy utric species. My U. repens flowers quite often, although I have never had G. filliformis flower.