Byblis flowering

[powersensor]

Hi all,

My surviving byblis liniflora (seed grown) is starting to have flower buds. Should I allow it to flower or should I just cut off the buds. The plant is still young (about 5months old) only 2 inches tall. Please advise

[alcran]

Let it flower, byblis linflora is short lived and it will self polinate to produce more plants. Linflora lives for 1 or 2 years. Flowers won't harm it.

[powersensor]

Thanks alcran for the information

Cheers,
Kelvin

[marvin1997]

Errrr.....if you got extra seeds,can I get some from you?Prety please with sugars on top?

[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.

[cyclani09]

I have heard they can take years to flower. Have you tried threatening it??? They bloom late around March I believe...maybe giving it brighter light for a month or two before that might induce flowering?

[shawnintland]

Well, after 9-10 months of growing these guys now I can add a little bit to my earlier comments;

I have learned to wait until the fruit dries and opens on its own before harvesting. The trick is to slip a paper or dish under the fruit before cutting because as soon as you try to cut (or even just bump it), the seeds shower down. I have also found that (in my case) only a portion of the collected seeds will germinate. I have planted trays of 105 cells with 10 seeds each and still only get half of the cells with plants germinating. But very quickly you will be overrun with them anyway so don't worry!
Plastic bags are terrible if you cut the entire flower or stalk as the moisture in the stem will condense on the inside of the bag and cause mold/fungus problems.
Good Luck!
~Shawn

[marvin1997]

All of my remaining byblis babies died today...why when do I get new plants something has to die?