My Sarras are flowering...yeh...

[zulteh279]

Just want to share my sarra in flower....
bought it at Floria expo at Putrajaya in June.Can't anyone help me ID the plant?Thanks....

[delphiguy]

Looks like flava and leucophylla (the one with white spots).

[zulteh279]

here is a recent photo of my sarras flower i took this morning b4 i go 4 work...the flower bud looks like it's going to bloom anytime soon...
Need advise.Should i pollinate the flower or it will self pollinate?
i read at wikipedia saying that the flower of sarras are design so that it will not self pollinate...

[allenphoon]

you should pollinate it manually, to increase seeds production....

[zulteh279]

Originally Posted by delphiguy

Looks like flava and leucophylla (the one with white spots).

Thanks...the sarras on the back ground are 100% S.flava.The one that is on flower do look like S.leucophylla,but i'm in doubt because the lid of the picther does not have a 'point'.refer to the picture...

[Harris Azariel]

u buy at the putrajaya floral festival?

how much was it at that time?

[piscesilim]

It is most probably S. x farnhamii.

[zulteh279]

Just to update this post....
well,my sarra fail to give me any viable seeds....
went the flower r dried,i found that the pods is empty...
BTW,how does the sarra seeds look like?....

[Harris Azariel]

did u pollinate it?

[Tarence]

Zul : the s.flava & purpurea seeds looks like almonds but way tinier, .....brown coloured....hybrids` seeds look anything between a cashew nut & peanut.

if you crush the seed pods, you`ll be able to spot them as the seeds are quite tough & can`t be crushed easily unlike the seed pods. i either just scatter the seeds & let them try to grow or if i`ve got time, i`ll use the clothes bleach method to clear off the seed shell.