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Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:35 pm
by uxleumas
erm, this weird thing happened and my plant is producing a flower stalk that is split in the middle, it looks like two flower stalks merged. maybe Fasciation? here's a picture if you can see it. it also seems to me that there are just a bunch of flower bulbs bunched up at the tip, will they spread out? my other sundew is also sending up a flower stalk but that one only has one head. any ideas?
Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:08 pm
by sanguinearocks101
That happens to Drosera flowers sometime soon but I haven’t seen it like that before. In my very very limited experience it usually happens higher up among the flowers. Has it done that before when you’ve had it under your care?
Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 11:52 pm
by uxleumas
no, this is the first flower it ever got. does this happen often? thanks!
Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:01 am
by sanguinearocks101
Hopefully if this isn’t a one-time thing then you can name it as a cultivar. Splits higher up on the flower, either a bit under the first flower or somewhere among the flowers are pretty common.
Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:48 am
by Artchic528
Fasciation?
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Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:46 pm
by uxleumas
idk, it's a thing when flowers produce a strip flower instead of a round flower, search it up on wiki if you want to learn more. another weird thing. the plant with two flower heads has stopped making new leaves, while the one with only 1 head is still throwing out leaves. any thoughts?
Re: Split/double/triple Drosera Capensis flower stalk?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:42 pm
by uxleumas
Update: turns out it didn't just split once, it split twice!!!
on one of the split ends it split again! i guess i'll get a lot of seeds then
Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:41 pm
by hungry carnivores
Artchic528 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:48 am
Fasciation?
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Correct!
Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:50 pm
by uxleumas
hmmm.... "Some plants, notably cockscomb, transmit the fasciation characteristic by seed. " i hope it get's passed down and isn't just a one time thing
Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 7:20 pm
by hungry carnivores
You're into chem, right?
Etbr may be handy. Soak some seeds in EtBr for about 1 minute, and rinse and plant. This will cause intercalation of DNA, and often, wrong nucleotide base pairing (dreaded purine-purine ). This should lead to some interesting characteristics.
Re: Split/double Drosera Capensis flower?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:27 pm
by uxleumas
hmmmmm... that could work, i also took a small bio course, might try to find out the dna or something, i'll try that, thanks!
also, what does etbr mean? is it Ethidium bromide or bromoethane, they both use the same abriviations. both are quite expensive, don't think i'll do it
on one of the split ends it split again! i guess i'll get a lot of seeds then 