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Great news. Megacodon finally reached flowering size in 2017, and is presently showing its huge and curious flowers.THe flowers are very long lasting and of really tough consistance. The first opened up 10 days ago, and still isn't fading right now, though the weather has been mainly so warm and sunny since then.Questionning about pollination: it seems stamens and stigma don't "ripen" at the same time. I must have a closer inspection though, as I am even not sure stamens produce pollen here.Big question: is that plant monocarpic? I'd tend to say yes, judging by the plant appearance when flowering: it is sending all its strenght, it seems, in the very stout and thick main flowering stem. It also supports many huge flowers. Or it may be that it will need a few years to recover from the effort before flowering again, just as Gentiana lutea does.We'll see!
Pricking the young seedlings after germination but still at cotyledon stage seems to work good for them here. I think it's better not to wait that roots get intricated in the sowing pot if the seedlings have to be separated.