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Originally Posted by arvin555
It's a shame to let those seeds go to waste. Now I wonder if this happens in nature all the time? That would not be productive at all for the plant.Arvin
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I don't think it would disadvantage the plant at all. I think this would help with the dispersal of the plant. Most Byblis are annual plants so they die at the end of the wet season. If some seeds make it to the ground when the seed ripens this could be dispersed by ground water. Those seeds that are stuck to the plant would not be dispersed until the plant dies. As the plant dies at the end of the wet season this is more likely to remain at the original site. This would increase the spread of the plant.
Just my thought on it.