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Post by dvg on Jun 21, 2010 9:05:23 GMT -10
I'd also be curious to know what crosses you decided to make with the Clone 2 clipeata pollen. If I could choose a couple of crosses, it might be, N. boschiana x clipeata or N. reinwardtiana x clipeata or N. izumiae x clipeata, just to try and keep some clean lines in pitcher shape continuing on in the hybrid crosses. dvg
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Post by mikuláš on Jun 21, 2010 10:15:06 GMT -10
I like the idea of a lowii x clipeata, and an izumiea x clipeata...nice and dark, maybe with some toothiness to the peristome. A purple singalana might also have a similar result. I think sanguinea x clipeata could be a good cross because it might result in fast-growing offspring that could be back-crossed to clipeata (the next time it flowers, of course, which may not be predictable). Since finding a female clipeata to make more clipeatas may prove difficult, it could be a goal to make more clipeata look-alikes, kinda like (clipeata x eymae) x clipeata, which looks very similar to clipeata. A batch of seedlings from the back-cross of (sanguinea x clipeata) x clipeata could then produce lots of male AND female clipeata look-alikes, to be used in other hybrids or further back-crossing. Seems the current clipeata look-alike, (clipeata x eymae) x clipeata, is a male, which limits what you can cross it with. Of course I'm only dreaming....whatever's in bloom will do
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Post by rainforest on Jun 22, 2010 7:56:49 GMT -10
Lowii x anything sounds great!
But what species is closely allied (or inhabiting the same region)to N. clipeata that can be crossed with it and back to clipeata to attempt in isolating a pure clipeata gene?
This may be something breeders need to address if we are to make a near true clipeata with ointrogressed genes. M
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Post by leilani on Jun 22, 2010 23:11:57 GMT -10
I'm not sure what to do with this one. Not much exciting in flower at the moment. I'll post on the various forums on the chance that there is a female around but I doubt it.
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Post by rainforest on Jun 23, 2010 7:41:06 GMT -10
This is a very awesome development. Has there been any other photograph of a flowering clipeata before?
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Post by Clue on Jun 23, 2010 17:01:50 GMT -10
*Copy of my message from Terraforums* WOW Sam. I'd just like to applaud your flowering of clone 2. Sadly, I know of only a few people in possession of a female clone, but you may want to inquire those who I do know. * "Lay" on Pitcher-plants * Joachim Danz on Terraforums or Pitcher-plants If anything, register the clone and add the fact that it is flowering as a male HERE at the NcSP. I applaud your efforts and I do hope to see some seed-grown clipeatas in the future! Good luck! [P.S.: Ask Philcula as well........ he told me a story about clipeata that might be of importance to you.]
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Post by leilani on Jul 3, 2010 19:33:52 GMT -10
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Post by rainforest on Jul 5, 2010 12:04:20 GMT -10
Registration should be done on the Flora Nepenthaceae since this site is exclusively nepenthes.
Aside from hybrid registration which this site is recognized for, a species gender recognition is also one of its functions.
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Post by leilani on Jul 19, 2010 21:59:16 GMT -10
It gives up its pollen at sundown and has the strong musky scent of a N. truncata.I often find coqui frogs hunting near or on large Nepenthes flowers stalks where the feed on insects attracted by the scent. A number of hybrids are in the works and some pollen has been harvested and placed in cool storage until a female N. clipeata comes to flower.
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Post by vraev on Jul 20, 2010 17:36:07 GMT -10
Wow Sam!! That is beautiful. Glad to hear that you saved some pollen. Here's to hoping that someday a female clipeata can be found to fertilize it with some of this pollen.
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Post by cosmo on Jul 22, 2010 9:02:40 GMT -10
Congrats leilani! So bad you didn't found any females but I wish you lucky on your further quest Maybe soon we will be able to apreciate—and in more time may be even to buy— some clipeatas from seed and not from micorpropagation..
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