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Old 10th October 2008, 01:12 PM
arvin555 arvin555 is offline
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Default Re: New & already needing URGENT help for my D. burmanii

I'm not sure if I missed something here but, when you do cut off the flowerstalk I suggest the following:

1. Cut it off near the plant.
2. After that then you have the flower stalk with flowers right? Now cut off the stalk right near the first flower or bud.
3. The top part with buds and flowers, you put in a plastic bag and hope that they give you seeds, just keep it there for a week and then shake, if you see small black seeds (very small) congratulations.
4. The bottom part of the stalk, just the stalk, cut in maybe 1 inch length and put in sphagnum moss lying down. Why? Well I have not experienced myself, but maybe, just maybe they might germinate some plantlets. I will be making a new topic about it in the forum. But it works on Capensis at the least, no signs of it working on D. Spatulata yet though, maybe you get lucky with Burmanii. If you don't have spare container or medium, put them with the original plant.

All the above is to hopefully help you:
a. Keep your plant as others have adviced.
b. get some seeds out of your flowers
c. get some plantlets from flower stalk cuttings (dont' hold your breath here, it's an experiment).

Good luck!
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Arvin
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