I just got notification that the warcsewiczianum seed I sent to Troy has germinated. I didn't pollinate this flower, the pollinia were intact on the flower when the corolla fell off (in fact I saved them in the fridge for a while), and I couldn't see a speck of anything on the stigma when I inspected the dropped flower. On Troy's site I see that "spontaneous" pollinations happen, but does anyone out there have some ideas about the mechanisms other than random acts of stray insects? :shock:

I just got notification that the warcsewiczianum seed I sent to Troy has germinated. I didn't pollinate this flower, the pollinia were intact on the flower when the corolla fell off (in fact I saved them in the fridge for a while), and I couldn't see a speck of anything on the stigma when I inspected the dropped flower. On Troy's site I see that "spontaneous" pollinations happen, but does anyone out there have some ideas about the mechanisms other than random acts of stray insects? :shock:

It may have self pollinated itself. My lindenii is a natural self pollinator.

Do you think there is some type of internal travel of pollen, or do you think germ (seed) tissue just starts to divide. Can this result in a wierd ploidy? Exstaminodum is also supposed to be a common "spontaneous" pollinator. It doesn't even have a staminode.

I have found czerwiakowianum to be self fertile also...Take care, Eric

Hey! Nobody seems to have caught the fact that Rick stated the pollinia were intact.

If that's the case, how did the germination happen?

Ray, I think you meant to type 'Pollenation' not 'Germination'

Kyle

Oops, yeah, I did miss that! How odd! :confused:
I don't know enough to have any idea why that would happen.

Oops, yeah, I did miss that! How odd! :confused:
I don't know enough to have any idea why that would happen.

Me neither! :lol:

Ya Crazy. But there are a small number of seedlings growing. I know of (and work with) animals that are parthenogenic. And I would expect plants in general to be even more amenable than the stray animal species. In most animal cases it takes an odd ploidy, and there is some kind of spontaneous division of ova. But I was curious if anyone new the mechansim in phrags.

We have not yet begun to uncover the secrets of apomixis.

Steve
What is apomixis?