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I recently did some crosses using the pollen of the DesertlLama Capensis hybrid (Capensis Big Pink x ("Hercules x self)), so I was lucky enough to get some open flowers from my Drosera Venusta, Natalensis and Filiformis Red. Unfortunately on the Natalensis flower , I couldn't cut the anthers, so there might be a mixture of Natalensis with some hybrid, but in the case of Venusta and Filiformis, I managed to cut the anthers from the flowers, so if I'm lucky we'll have some seeds, I don't know what the viability will be or if they will be fertile, but I think it's worth the try, if I'm lucky I can send some seeds for ChefDean to make available to the bank.

nice

So far I've managed to collect the seeds of Natalensis x Capensis (mixed with Natalensis), and Venusta x Capensis, I still don't know the viability, now I need to dry the Filiformis flower bud.

Cool! Can't wait to see germination results!

Aquis31 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:08 pm now I need to dry the Filiformis flower bud.

Just a quick question, how do you artificially 'dry flower buds? I keep harvesting early and as a result the seeds keep ending up being around 80 percent green, so an answer to this would be nice

MaxVft wrote:I keep harvesting early and as a result the seeds keep ending up being around 80 percent green, so an answer to this would be nice

My secret is patience. Then again, all my pots are covered in capes...

Congrats! Would be very interested to see those hybrids once they germinate.