when to harvest drosera seeds
 

hi to all again, I'm having my drosera burmanii and drosera capilaris flowering lately, according to some, they said have to wait till the Shell of the Seed to be dried up before harvesting, but my burmanii seed's shell have not been dried up but have spilled quite a lot of black and tiny small particles around...so would like to ask when to cut off those seeds shell, tq

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

I have no Idea.....Although they flowered quite a few times,I still never harvested any seed..

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

I wait until the flowers turn brownish then I snip off the flower stalk and put those flowers in a box and squeeze them when i think its fully ripe(blackish)

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

i harvest the seeds when the seed pod looks ready to split. i tap the pod with a finger - if it's ready, the seeds will fall out readily. i collect these in an envelope and refrigerate them.

that reminds me ... i have a few capillaris seed pods that are ripe for the picking. :)

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

I do that...but stil no....T.T....Capilaris flowering....do they self pollinate?Or I'll have todo the 'dirty job'?:laugh:

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

My burmanii and intermedia self-pollinate so I don't have to do that myself.

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mine has not turn black but has been falling freely without even shaking it, guess i should cut them down now, thanks for the info:smile:

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

You have to consider that the bud/flower on the bottom was first to open, and the bud on top is the last, so they don't Ripe at the same time. I used to cut off the bud one by one from the bottom up when they start to show browning, then I put them in a bag or plastic container with a cap or cover, and I shake, the seeds will come out. Nowadays I would cut off the whole flowerstalk then put in plastic container or bag, then shake every day, eventually the upper buds will still ripen (I think) and give you seed, that is why I do this over a week or so.

By the way when you cut them, you can put a piece of paper under to catch what seeds might drop off, or maybe don't, so that those that get away will grow on the same pot as the parent. I had a pot of Capensis that was dying slowly, eventually the capensis died and recently when I checked, there were 2 burmanii plantlets in there growing, I guess it got "infected".

TTFN
Arvin

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

my drosera binata is flowering, can i collect the seeds using same way?

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

For binata, it normally dont have seed, becaseu it is not self pollinate.

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

Yeah unfortunately for Binata seeds are hard to come by for some reason. Maybe because I have several plants that is the same exact clone as the others, so it might be sterile. A friend of mine said that he thinks most Binatas are sterile because he too never got seeds.

So, for us that are unfortunate enough to not get seeds from Binata flowers (I have 3 plants flowering now and I don't care about it anymore), the best way to propagate is to do leaf cutting or some do root cuttings.

By the way for flowers of other droseras, don't wait for the flowers to turn black, it should just brown and that indicates they are ripe. If already spilling seeds, then cut the stalk and put in plastic bag. I think shake (in a bag) method is better because squeezing might mean there are seeds left in the but. So if you squeeze, don't throw the bud parts away, sow the buds, who know there might be seeds in there that might germinate.

TTFN
Arvin

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

Huh?My binata is flowering again!But what about cross pollination?

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then how can we help them ?:confused:

Re: when to harvest drosera seeds
 

Hi, I can't confirm if dielsiana is self pollenating, I don't have that species yet, but if it is, yes self pollenating means you do not need to do anything and the seeds will still form and be viable, heck you can even forget about the flower and eventually you will find new seedlings in the pot. But if you want to collect then just wait till the flower bud turns brown then you can collect.

Congratulations on your flowering drosera and good luck with the seeds.

Oh, actually if the seeds are small enough even if you collect them chances are some seeds will still fall and germinate in your pot, so you get a pleasant surprise anyway. :)

TTFN
Arvin