My regia has flowered

[DJ57]

This is my first regia flower! I have only one regia, so kinda excited to see it in bloom.

[/url]Regia flower stalk by Djoni C, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/url]My first regia flower stalk by Djoni C, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[nimbulan]

That's great! I can't say I'm surprised, your plant was quite large and healthy when I saw it last.

 

[DragonsEye]

Cool! Will the flowers self pollinate as with some drosera or is a genetically different plant required?

 

[curtisconners]

That's pretty cool. I've always liked hairy sundew flowers.

 

[Shadowtski]

D. regia will self pollinate but you get better results with 2 parents. But some seed is better than no seed.

I'm still fighting to keep my crop alive and growing. They don't want to make the jump from seedling looking plants. @!#$%^&*(*&^%$#@W!~ if I can figure out what I'm doing wrong. Maybe I need to give them some of my own blood?

Good growing,
Mike

 

[Not a Number]

While Drosera regia is self-compatible dichogomy may be involved. Lois Ochs reports success with using the "yesterday's pollen - today's stigma" rule of hand pollination. This rule may help with Dionaea muscipula too. Regardless, hand pollination can sometimes increase the amount of seed yield.

 

[curtisconners]

Maybe I need to give them some of my own blood?

 

[curtisconners]

Double post, oops.

 

[Shadowtski]

Love it!!!

 

[theplantman]

Fantastic news, Djoni!! Hope you get some little babies out of that plant. The flowers seem quite large among drosera, too.

 

[DJ57]

While Drosera regia is self-compatible dichogomy may be involved. Lois Ochs reports success with using the "yesterday's pollen - today's stigma" rule of hand pollination. This rule may help with Dionaea muscipula too. Regardless, hand pollination can sometimes increase the amount of seed yield.

Hmmm, maybe I will try that. I had heard you needed two plants flowering to cross pollinate and get seed (I only have one regia), so was not even going to bother trying hand-pollinating. Thank you for this information.

 

[DJ57]

Fantastic news, Djoni!! Hope you get some little babies out of that plant. The flowers seem quite large among drosera, too.

Thank you. Yes, the flowers are quite large and a nice surprise. They are bigger than the flowers on the "giant" capensis I have and I thought they were big, ha.

 

[DJ57]

Fantastic news, Djoni!! Hope you get some little babies out of that plant. The flowers seem quite large among drosera, too.

Thank you. Yes, the flowers are quite large and a nice surprise. They are bigger than the flowers on the "giant" capensis I have and I thought they were big, ha.

 

[bluemax]

A very cool-looking flower! I really like the little purple glands on the sepals.

 

[Brolloks]

Beautifully grown DJ!


[MENTION=12125]Shadowtski[/MENTION] My Regia are in the same boat, they just don't seem bothered to grow any larger even though I have them in large sized pots.