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One of the four flowers, which my Heliamphora parva produced this season -- on two sizable stalks, over the Summer months -- looks to have finally been pollinated; and that ovary has since become large and in charge. H. parva produces the largest, though just about the least colorful flowers of the genus -- reaching anywhere from 80-130 mm in diameter from tepal to tepal. Those posted below are a bit over 100 mm this year.

Thanks again to Butch Tincher and his "Heliamphora 101" at bluegrasscarnivores.com for the suggestion of gathering the banana-ripe anthers and drying them overnight in jars or bags of desiccant. How he is able to produce pollen from his plants, akin to that cocaine dust-up in Annie Hall, is beyond me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOBP7RxsHlQ Too humid in Kali-forn-ia, suggests the Lama of Tincher Tepui. I had to resort to a dissecting microscope; forceps and scalpels; much coffee; and some choice language, to obtain what I needed.

Hardly enough blow to satisfy a bored Angeleno . . .

Heliamphora parva 7-10 October

Nice green parva.

Dont hesitate to give it more light, exept if you want a more hairy plant.

Stronger lighting will also help the plant to produce more seeds.

Francois