Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?

Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444235

By Nikson -  Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:29 pm
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- Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:29 pm #444235

Hey all,

For some reason I've never been successful in collecting seeds from my sundews, but recently I've noticed a few mysterious sundew babies popping up in nearby pots, so I have a feeling that I finally got them to seed.

I clipped the flowers off and put them in an envelope, and squeezed the dried up pods, and I THINK I got seeds? Do these look like seeds?

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Re: Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444236

By Shadowtski -  Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:44 pm
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- Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:44 pm #444236

Yes.
The ICPS has a database of seed images that can be found here. https://www.carnivorousplants.org/about ... SeedImages
Click and compare, remembering that there is always some variation.
Thanks,
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Re: Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444240

By andynorth -  Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:31 pm
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- Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:31 pm #444240

Thanks for that link. I was uncertain about my own seeds and found out that sure enough, my Drosera, especially the Intermedia were producing seeds. Not sure if you know this but the more you feed them the more flower they will produce. I feed mine flightless fruit flies about twice a month and they all, but again the Intermedia grow flowers quite frequently. I am getting ready to harvest some Cap seeds.

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Re: Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444243

By Panman -  Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:47 pm
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- Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:47 pm #444243

Intermedia will produce seeds. Intermedia will produce a ton of seeds. Intermedia will produce seeds where you didn't know there were any intermedias. Intermedias are weeds. Lovely weeds that I enjoy, but weeds.

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Re: Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444246

By Intheswamp -  Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:36 pm
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- Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:36 pm #444246

Panman, sometimes other plants get fed-up with intermedia's intrusive personality, cop an attitude, and fight back!

(All plants courtesy of seeds that @evenwind sent my way to help me get addicted. Thanks, evenwind!

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Re: Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444287

By Nikson -  Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:40 pm
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- Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:40 pm #444287

Oh yeah, additional question, what's the best way to actually separate the seeds from the flowers?

I put all the flowers inside a paper envelope and the seeds came out when I crushed the flowers, but now there's like powdered flower and seeds all mixed together, is it alright if I just kinda dumped all the seeds/powdered dry flower together into a growing medium? I can see the individual seeds but they're impossible to grab out of the envelope, lol.

Re: Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444288

By Panman -  Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:08 pm
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- Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:08 pm #444288

Here's the process I use post392023.html#p392023

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Re: Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444289

By ChefDean -  Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:09 pm
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- Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:09 pm #444289

Most people do what you did, and crush them to an extent to separate the seeds. It takes some practice to get the right pressure, and a realization that you don't need to get every seed. There are some you want to try harder to get as many seeds as possible, but we're talking about spatulata here.
Something I do when I have a bunch of stalks is I put them all in a big envelope and forget about them for a month, this let's them get good and dry. I then gently press down on them, shake the envelope vigorously, and pour the bits through a fine wire tea ball. That filters out all but the smallest bits of debris, and I'm left with ~97%+ seed.

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Re: Clipped the flowers on my sundew spatulata, do these look like seeds?#444292

By Nikson -  Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:15 am
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- Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:15 am #444292

Great advice, thanks guys!

I just wasn't sure if having the dried up flower bits left in the mix with the seeds would end up causing mold issues or something, but I just poured the powdered flowers and seeds together into the peat moss container I had prepped and I'm looking forwards to see what grows!

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