Drosera oreopodion

[peggylikesplants]

Just wanted to share that I had my first gemmae harvesting experience yesterday with my Drosera oreopodion. Between the seven plants, I gathered about 650 gemmae! It took awhile but I had Netflix, haha. I’m worried about mailing them in this weather with the current delays so I’ve been finding local plant friends to gift some to.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

They travel well even in winter. Hint, hint.

 

[peggylikesplants]

They travel well even in winter. Hint, hint.

Haha, noted! I may or may not put up a post, in that case.

 

[peggylikesplants]

Ugh, this is embarrassing... I left the ziploc bag of 20-gemmae packets open on accident and the paper towels dried up... hopefully not too much. I’d feel silly posting an “at your own risk” gemmae post in the BST section. I’ll just say that anyone who’d still like some hopefully-ok Drosera oreopodion gemmae can send me a message and I’ll buy some envelopes to send them out next week.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

If they're still green and not shriveled, they should be ok.

 

[peggylikesplants]

That’s a relief! I checked a few of the packs with a loupe and they look fine.

 

[peggylikesplants]

Some photos taken through the loupe. Not as good as a macro lens but still cool!

 

[Sparrow]

Some photos taken through the loupe. Not as good as a macro lens but still cool!
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Amazing!

 

[peggylikesplants]

I gave the last of them to a friend today and checked to see how they were doing. So cool to see!

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Are you potting them soon? They're ready.

 

[peggylikesplants]

Yeah, I told the recipient to pot theirs right away. Definitely ready! The ones I saved for myself have been planted for awhile.

 

[Daremo]

7 days after receiving them, a couple happy tiny plants showing off for me.

 

[Ashley B.]

Hello folks, I've had a surprising development these last few days. Some of my D. oreopodion are blooming! Does anyone know if these self pollinate? I only got these guys as gemmae around the end of November and I wasn't sure if they were getting enough light because pictures I've seen of them show them a bit redder so I didn't think to expect flowers so soon.

 

[Sparrow]

Sooo cute. I'd have say it wouldn't hurt to give them more light.
Mine are very red. Seed from @skorp129

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

If you have a small paint brush you could try pollinating.

 

[peggylikesplants]

Cute! They are not self-compatible but you’ll have a ton of gemmae of your own before you know it. My small pot of oreopodion grown from gemmae since September has since produced 2000+ gemmae, and some of the plants from those gemmae are producing too!

 

[peggylikesplants]

You should definitely try to give them more light if possible, also.

 

[Ashley B.]

Cute! They are not self-compatible but you’ll have a ton of gemmae of your own before you know it. My small pot of oreopodion grown from gemmae since September has since produced 2000+ gemmae, and some of the plants from those gemmae are producing too!

Thats amazing! You might be up to your armpits in them soon at that rate. What are you doing to get them to produce gemmae? Or do they just make them readily after a while?

 

[peggylikesplants]

Thats amazing! You might be up to your armpits in them soon at that rate. What are you doing to get them to produce gemmae? Or do they just make them readily after a while?

Haha yup, it’s a good thing they’re so cute. You can promote gemmae production by reducing photoperiod. Still super bright light, just fewer hours of it.

 

[Patrick S.]

So my Drosera oreopodion from @Chen have flowered! They are wonderfully, tiny flowers. From sowing the gemmae to flowering only took less than a month (Oct 30th - Nov 21st)!