drosera binata

[cbkhoon]

my binata flowering... wat can i do with the flower? can polinate and get seeds ?

[piscesilim]

D. binata normally won't self pollinated.

[cbkhoon]

then what can i do with the flower ? should i cut it ?

[arvin555]

Unfortunately my experience with Binata is the same as what piceslim said they won't self pollinate, heck even if I manually rub two separate flower stalks of the same clone, meaning 2 plants which are clones of each other flower together and I try to manually pollinate them, doesn't work.

My suggestion, you can either cut the flower stalk and stick them in potting mix, just like a leaf cutting. Or wait till the flower gets "ripe" and try to see if you can get seeds, then if the flower stalk is still green, do as my first suggest and cut the stalk and try to root as cutting. Though someone I know said that best way to propagate Binata is to do root cuttings, roots under the pot is cut and then put on potting mix.

TTFN
Arvin

[strath76]

You do need two separate plants from most binata's to get seeds. There is one variety that will self seed. If you only have one plant you may as well cut it off. Root cuttings are very effective at reproducing binata. Just cut a root from the plant and place under the surface and keep moist. You will have plenty of plants in no time. This works for quite a lot of Drosera.

[cbkhoon]

TQ all for advise