Byblis flowering

[powersensor]

The plant is small .I also wish that I can get plenty of seeds out of it. This will be my first time so hope to be able to harvest the seeds successfully. I will certainly post in the giveaway section once I have extra seeds to spare.

[bactrus]

Kelvin, congrats man. Hope your plant will give you many many offsprings.

[David]

If you want more seeds, try rubbing two flowers together when they bloom. They are fine if you do not rub two flowers together but the seed production will be lesser.

[caseyhoo]

Cool... Congratulation on the flowering... So far, I only have 1 time luck with byblis... I tried it few times. Only 1 survive till adult.

[marvin1997]

K thanks.There are two flower buds right?

[powersensor]

Yar. There are two flower buds. The purple flowers seem to open up around noon and closes in the evening. Seems to be repeating this process for few days now. I wonder what are the indications that the seed pods are formed and ready for picking?

[shawnintland]

Well, I'm no expert (mine just flowered for the first time over the last few weeks) but so far; they seem to form a spherical seed pod that has a slightly hard shell to it. I picked the first one about 3 days ago, not being sure if it was ready or not. I let it dry a few days and this morning I dissected it with tweezers and got about 30 tiny black seeds (larger than Drosera seeds, about like poppy seeds). The 'pod' was kind of whitish colored when I picked it. I'll pick another 1-2 this afternoon. Good luck!

[Cindy]

Powersensor,

The seeds are better if they are collected only when/after the fruit splits. It seems that if they are collected too soon, not as many are viable. But because the process may cause some seeds to be dispersed, you may want to keep a close eye on the fruits.