Hello everyone,
I found an unanswered link from a while back asking if you could take cuttings from pygmy Drosera. I accidentally uprooted (and damaged the root of) an unknown Nitidula hybrid pygmy sundew. I decided instead of throwing the plant away, I'd try and experiment with leaf cuttings. I pulled off the stem along w/ the leaf (pulling off part of the cambium). After about 1 and 1/2 weeks I had 3 of my cuttings strike on the part that I pulled off of the stem. It popped up its first leaf yesterday. I thought I'd post a pic here:
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259/droseraman/DSC04814crop.jpg
(in the background there are other Binata cuttings)
Here are 2 pics of what the parent looked like (dime-sized plants):
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259/droseraman/DSC04716.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259/droseraman/DSC04778crop.jpg
Anyway, I just thought I'd let everyone know that it CAN be done.
Take care,
Aaron
I found an unanswered link from a while back asking if you could take cuttings from pygmy Drosera. I accidentally uprooted (and damaged the root of) an unknown Nitidula hybrid pygmy sundew. I decided instead of throwing the plant away, I'd try and experiment with leaf cuttings. I pulled off the stem along w/ the leaf (pulling off part of the cambium). After about 1 and 1/2 weeks I had 3 of my cuttings strike on the part that I pulled off of the stem. It popped up its first leaf yesterday. I thought I'd post a pic here:
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259/droseraman/DSC04814crop.jpg
(in the background there are other Binata cuttings)
Here are 2 pics of what the parent looked like (dime-sized plants):
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259/droseraman/DSC04716.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259/droseraman/DSC04778crop.jpg
Anyway, I just thought I'd let everyone know that it CAN be done.
Take care,
Aaron