Flowering N. sanguinea or it's hybrid.

[allenphoon]

they were using the nicest plant and the most beautiful plant that they have for TC...this what i know

[zulteh279]

Originally Posted by NepNut

Sorry to say, I'm still a noob when it comes to rooting cutting/basals...

3) I have encountered some male nep that will flower but the pollen bud will stay solid (pollen not release), ie. N. x gentle. I'm not sure if it's weather related or it's an anomoly of TC plant. Some female intermediate species/hybrids flower will be aborted as well after sucessful pollination and I think this is largely due to the inappropiate growing condition or perhaps another TC plant anomoly, ie. N. vietchii "green" from MT.

That's all I can think of for now... pls feel free if you have more points to add... Thanks.

Hem....well NepNut,my male N.rafflesiana that is flowering last month do have a few flower that did not bloom but when i peel it the pollen had been release.Did u experience this before?The plant is not from TC....

Angkau Tekor,can u reserve some of the pollen for me?i'm outstation right now and will be back on the 19 Dec.Before i left for outstation about a week ago, my female N.gracilis is about to flower.I know it by the swollen young left shoot and when i press it gently i can feel the flower bud.I just hope that the flower is still receptive went i'm back home.anyway,will let u know once i'm back.

[Angkau Tekor]

Originally Posted by zulteh279

Angkau Tekor,can u reserve some of the pollen for me?

Sure no problem...but i'm not sure when the flower will bloom or whether there will be any pollen at all. If i managed to collect them i will send some to you.

[NepNut]

Originally Posted by zulteh279

Hem....well NepNut,my male N.rafflesiana that is flowering last month do have a few flower that did not bloom but when i peel it the pollen had been release.Did u experience this before?The plant is not from TC....

Nope, I only have 1 plant that it's pollen bud stayed solid (N. x gentle) and I have tried to break it apart using fingernail, it's still won't release pollen.

Regarding variegated via TC... it's actually not uncommon to get 1 variegated nep out of a batch of TC plants.

[zulteh279]

Originally Posted by Angkau Tekor

Sure no problem...but i'm not sure when the flower will bloom or whether there will be any pollen at all. If i managed to collect them i will send some to you.

well,i'm back from outstation.But i'm a bit late because the flower has bloomed all the way.only the end terminal of the flower look like is still receptive.so i just use my stock pollen of N.raff.hope will get at least a few pods the will give me viable seeds.here's the photo of the flower,N.mirabilis

Anyway,thanks for the offer...

[Angkau Tekor]

Oh! hope it's still receptive and good luck. There's not much progress with my sanguinea flower. Maybe the erratic weather here is causing it to grow at a slower pace or it could be the plant itself. I find it odd that it's still so small after more than a month. Anyway if they produced any pollen at all, i'll reserve some for you to be use in future.

[Angkau Tekor]

Latest update on my N.sanguinea flower. The pollen bud seem to turn black instead of powdery. Does this means it has gone bad or can i still collect any pollen from them and what causes this?

The one on the right is newly open as compare to the rest which is 2 days old.

[eboat]

It's seem like a blooming for long time and out of order. So, I suggest to observe new opening flower.

[Angkau Tekor]

Thanks, will keep an eye on those newly bloomed flower. Hopefully i can collect some pollen from them.

[NepNut]

Hi Teoh,
When the bud turned black, that means all the pollen are gone.

Just look at right flower on your pic, the bud on that flower is still solid, usually it'll take another day (~24hrs) for it to release the pollen, that's when you should collect it. My tiny 2 cents...