Closed Bottle Gentian: A beautiful display of co-evolution

Preserve Educational Coordinator Santino Lauricella describes one of his favorite native wildflowers, the closed bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii). This plant, with blooms perpetually closed, co-evolved alongside strong pollinator partners like our native bumblebees.

[@LINativePlantConservation]

that was a cool shot of that bee coming out! wow that color spectrum explanation was amazing!!

[@BobbyMammoth]

Thank you!

[@erikaboyer4125]

Fascinating!! Thank you!

[@susanlauricella1557]

Amazing to watch the bumblebee emerging from the flower.

[@VickyG442]

Loved the vid but I was looking for sun/shade, soil, watering too.

[@nunyabiznes33]

Looking up what a gentian is and got here. Pretty purple flowers and Santino is a good presenter. The shot of the bumblebee pushing itself out was cute too.

[@nygreenguy]

One of my favorite plants. I've seen it all over the Adirondacks.

[@mariakatonak6123]

This is fascinating, thank you!

[@sarahwoodley1812]

Thanks!

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Such a neat flower. Neat info that you've shared here - love the comparison to pop for the pollinators! I just got some seeds myself and am looking forward to planting them soon. Any idea how long it might take to see flowers?

[@BowmansHillWildflowerPreserve]

Thanks so much! I believe that bottle gentian seeds require 60 days Cold Moist Stratification before they germinate. Flowers should follow that, appearing in the fall.

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

@@BowmansHillWildflowerPreserve cool! Thanks so much for the info!

[@blakespower]

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