Native Water Plants In Bloom
#1
Posted 08 May 2010 - 04:29 PM
Let's start with one that is not a bloom, but pretty good looking...
white topped pitcher plant Sarracenia leucophylla
...but actually this one is in bloom... here is the flower.
...and it is on a 2 foot tall stalk!
The Water Shield Brasenia schreberi is also in bloom today... although I have to admit these blooms are pretty small... for perspective each "shield" is only an inch and a half across.
And this one is blooming out the top of an outdoor 10 gallon aquarium experiemnt...
Weatherby's Slender Arrowhead Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. weatherbiana
#2 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 10 May 2010 - 02:51 PM
You had mentioned you were wanting more S. leucophylla. To do that, either save and plant the seeds from the flowers, or cut off the flower (you can wait until it fades if you must, but even better to do it now), to have the plant direct more energy into offsets (the method I prefer). Pot the whole thing up in a larger pot, too.
#3
Posted 10 May 2010 - 09:04 PM
Nice looking stuff, Michael!
You had mentioned you were wanting more S. leucophylla. To do that, either save and plant the seeds from the flowers, or cut off the flower (you can wait until it fades if you must, but even better to do it now), to have the plant direct more energy into offsets (the method I prefer). Pot the whole thing up in a larger pot, too.
Just a curiosity... considering the strange shape and angle of the flower, and the lethal nature of the pitcher... what is the pollenator of the pitcher plant flowers?
Edited by Michael Wolfe, 10 May 2010 - 09:05 PM.
#4 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 10 May 2010 - 09:33 PM
#5 Guest_gerald_*
Posted 11 May 2010 - 11:41 AM
Just a curiosity... considering the strange shape and angle of the flower, and the lethal nature of the pitcher... what is the pollenator of the pitcher plant flowers?
#6 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 11 May 2010 - 01:08 PM
As to the lethal nature of the pitcher... you'll notice that most of the flowers are put up before the spring pitchers are formed.
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