Vickie, I got a little surprise today.

[PondmaninAL]

My wife and I had to go do some landscaping work for a friend of ours and got paid for it. Well, when we got home, I went out to check the ponds. When I got looking, guess what I found?
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Okay, here it is.



That's right! One of my N. minutas bloomed today and my other little girl in there had two blooms.



There is another bud ready to open on Helvola and another N. minuta with a bud at the top of the water.

Maybe someone here can answer this question. N. minuta has a bud that I never saw come up and open. It actually is growing over the side of the pot. What is up with that? Did it open when I wasn't looking  or did it just self pollinate under water and is now a seed pod?

[Vickie]

Scott you might have missed the bloom, or it bloomed under the water. Carefully bag the bloom with water in it. Use ziplock bag be carefull not to break the bloom off. Save the seeds. I put them in water swish them around a few times to get other gunk out of water, if any. Carefully pour some water off  and I pour in a coffee filter, and let dry for a few days. Then I store them away.

[PondmaninAL]

Thanks Vickie. Will the blooms that do open at the top of the water form seeds?

Here are a few pics from today.

I like this shot. It was taken blind.



Here is another blind shot.



And here is the overall shot.

[Vickie]

Yes Scott both produce seeds. I forgot to bag a bloom and the seeds scattered all over. They don't take long to burst. I am trying to do too much.