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Germinating nepenthes with pics!

Hey guys, I thought I'd share these pictures with you. They are an N. Ventricosa hybrid from Steve (thanx again Steve!)
Anyhow they started germinating at 19 days, here tommorow makes one month old! They are planted very closely I put the seeds in rows on the surface so now I have tons of seedlings, should I transplant some and seperate them a bit? or should I wait a bit?
Here are some pics Enjoy!:
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The Forest ;)


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The Tray



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Close up

-Juan-Carlos Munoz
Miami, Florida
www.jcreef.bravehost.com
 
Juan-Carlos,

Seeds can be delicate little things, so it's best not to disturb them if at all possible soon after germination. They don't look that cramped, so you can leave them be for a while, until they start to overgrow each other, which might take up to a year.

Hamish
 
Sounds good!

Thanks,

-Juan-Carlos
 
Great effort Juan.  You laid the seeds out one by one didn't you?
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Did you provide any heat to the seed tray?  If so what temp?

Also, is that a peat/Perlite mix you used?

Aaron.
 
Hey Arron, Yes I painfully with tweezers laid each seed one by one, and very slightly with minute preasure pushed each seed down so that it would make contact with the soil. I kept the tray in my garage wich stays at about 75-82 and the tray is lit by 2- 40W flourecent full spectrum bulbs. I used Lamberts ready made peat mix, wich is basically Sphagnum peat and perlite, it has some type of mointure retainer in it, but regardless the tray was coverd 100% in 19 days I started seeing germination, i'd say about 85% germination rate so far thats just eyeballing it, but the rest wil probably germinate in a week or so. Looks like it was a very good batch of seeds! thanx again Steve!
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Also The seeds where sown VERY fresh a couple days old.

-Juan-Carlos
 
These are actually my First Nepenthes seeds attempt! Guess I did Ok for a first time
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LOL!

-Juan-Carlos
 
Wow Juan. You have a passion, that is for sure. Great job!

Joe
 
Technically it is not a hybrid, just two different forms of ventricosa. Mine still have not germinated, but i didn't sow them right away. I thought I saw a spot of green yesterday. Nice to see them growing so well for you. Anyone else have theirs sprout yet?
 
Ha ha thanks! Ah ok Steve good to know its the red with green ventricosa right?

-Juan-Carlos
 
  • #10
Cool! Make sure to post pics when they have pitchers:;): Steve when will the seeds be shipped?
 
  • #11
Steve,
I observed a few sprouts last night! That was 9/23, I sowed on 9/04...so 19 days for me, too. I hope to see more and more sprouts over the next couple of days...I think I counted 5 or 10 so far.
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  • #12
Give it a week or two they didnt all germinate at once for me.

-Juan-Carlos
 
  • #13
id either do it now, or wait a long time, the reason is that now they have only a few roots, so it could be great, or bad
 
  • #14
Woohoo! I now have sprouts as well!

My method is probably the slackest of all of yours. I grabbed some lfs and put it into 4 inch pots and just sprinkled the seed right on top. Then I put the pots into 1/4inch of water and put them under fluorescent tubes with a bunch of my drosera. I looked last night and I have a bunch of sprouts! Neat! I've never grown neps from seed before.

I have a pic or two, but can't upload pics right now. ??

Capslock
 
  • #15
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There they are! I'd guess I saw 9 or 10 sprouts total.

Capslock

Edit: Photos should be fixed. Album was renamed.
 
  • #19
Well, JC was certainly right! Holy moly. Went from 5 or so sprouts to about 25, and MANY more seeds have that little green nubbin that is the beginning of a sprout. NICE!
 
  • #20
Mine are infected with mold... I have a second back up batch though.
 
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