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  • #61
I'd be generous and share it with you Jon. Do you want the front or back half? Perhaps we should split it down the middle, just to make it equal.
 
  • #62
22 days, and about a week behind their in vitro brethren, there is visible germination in the Cephalotus follicularis Hummers giant X Eden black F1 compost control. This is a first, since I have had no luck with the genus on compost. :boogie:

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  • #63
Congrats to the Pokie!!!
 
  • #64
This thread has been neglected for some time (guilty as charged) so here is a little update on a few cultures. In no particular order:


Nepenthes


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Nepenthes rigidifolia

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Nepenthes philippinensis undergoing multiplication

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Nepenthes naga

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Nepenthes jacquelinae

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Nepenthes dubia

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Nepenthes attenboroughii clone undergoing multiplication

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Some seed grown - not clones - Nepenthes attenboroughii deflasked 6 weeks prior and acclimated to lower humidity. Who would of thought it would have taken this long? Not a word Bigbella, not one word...


Heliamphora

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Heliamphora heterodoxa X minor X ionasii multiplying of their own accord


Byblis

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Byblis guehoi, and other species in this genus, all proliferate without a second thought. A small twig quickly becomes the outback in need of some serious bush whacking.

Drosera
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Drosera falconeri palmerston, NT; pink flower. This is one of four clones in culture. This particular clone reaches a medium size in vitro but is the most proliferative.

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Drosera ordensis clone1 undergoing multiplication, which could almost substitute for one of my cute furries, but it is lacking the cute factor.

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Drosera ordensis clone2 undergoing multiplication

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Drosera ordensis clone3 undergoing multiplication

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Drosera montana var. tormentosa

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Drosera villosa

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Dionae muscipula hybrid, deflasked 6 weeks prior

And just for giggles,
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  • #65
Beautiful plants, beautiful equipment!
 
  • #66
Wow! You have a lot going on. Very nice!!!
 
  • #67
Very nice thread. One can always appreciate the technical sides of things too, now and then.
 
  • #68
Almost 14 months since sowing, and a few stragglers of Nepenthes attenboroughii are beginning to germinate. It is best not to be too OCD about cleaning old pots :mwahaha:

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  • #69
These Drosera montana var. tormentosa hairy scapes appear to not be at all disturbed by their deflasking 2 weeks ago. They are even rewarding me with some flowers as they acclimate in those all purpose ziplock baggies. These grew as a ball of 4 or 5 of plants in vitro, and I was puzzled ??? as to how I should pot them. Since each side was a plant, I decided the smallest plant goes down.

Clone 1
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Clone 2
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  • #70
I can see where separating the individuals before hardening them off would be courting disaster! Cool to see this species produced in vitro.
 
  • #71
Resurrecting this thread with a little update just in time for Thanksgiving. Enjoy!

Nepenthes lowii (Trus Madi)
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Nepenthes dubia
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Roridula gorgonias
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Heliamphora parva x neblinae var. neblinae (cross by Butchie) - my favorite species :boogie:
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Heliamphora ionasii red giant X (parva x folliculata)
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Heliamphora (parva x sarraceniodes) #1 X uncinata giant
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Heliamphora (parva x sarraceniodes) #1 X folliculata
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Heliamphora pulchella baldie X folliculata
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Heliamphora (parva x folliculata) X self (cross by Butchie)
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  • #72
Heliamphora parva x neblinae var. neblinae

:-O

beautiful work pokie and some amazing crosses
 
  • #73
Super cool stuff! I don't even visit this particular forum very often but it was worth it for this. Any sundews coming along, pokie? :-D
 
  • #74
Super cool stuff! I don't even visit this particular forum very often but it was worth it for this. Any sundews coming along, pokie? :-D

Nope, nothing new in the in vitro Drosera department.
 
  • #75
Wow, talk about slow pokes :0o:. I have always had Heliamphora germinate within the first 2 months post-sowing. Hence, it was quiet the surprise when I observed germination in this flask sown back in September 2015. The compost controls exhibited something similar, with new germination appearing at 7+ months out.

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I have observed seed dormancy in certain Drosera species as well as in Cephalotus. Some of the very first seed I sowed, procured from Triffid Nurseries, had germination 2+ years later. It is always a good idea to hold on to pots/flasks for a while, if one has the space.
 
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  • #76
+1

spotted the first Parva x Neblinae seedling yesterday in a pot that had been sowed 6+ months ago.
Normally heliamphora has always germinated in the first few weeks after sowing for me.
So don't give up on those ancient seeds just yet :p

very cool pokie!
 
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  • #77
Hi,
I have a little tissue culture laboratory and grows some carnivorous plants. But it is very difficult to sow nepenthes seeds in vitro.
Have you a advice to how I can made it?
Thank you very much and congratulation for your work.
 
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