culture

So i know that taking a tissue culture is difficult to take from nepenthes because of the bacteria, but has anyone tried different methods for success? I had thought about boiling water and sterilizing a larger portion and then attempt in a sterile environment. Any suggestion from anyone who has...

I picked up two vials of FF yesterday to start up cultures for seedlings, spider slings, etc. Despite both of them being labeled as "flightless", I got a vial of both flightless and wingless, so...bonus? Anyway, the recipe I used was the simplest one I could find. Instant potatoes, powdered...

I recently bought Malleola seidenfadenia from a seller on eBay. The plant isn't doing well. The seller told me the condition of the plant is the result of shipping. I suspect the seller didn't send a healthy and well cultured plant. Anyway, the plant is alive but has only two leaves. It's been...

...jar. A Christmas tree shaped jar ended up in my garage. It was probably meant to go to storge with the other three tonnes of Christmas periphernalia but didn't make it. I have decided to repurpose it for plant culture, specifically Aldrovanda. Paul (pearldiver) got me started with this genus...

The time has come when I need to begin selling some stuff. I'm at a loss with Sphagnum because I don't want to remove it from the culture and force it to "start over" but I want it to ship well. Is there a method for shipping a Sphagnum culture (contained + live Sphagnum in it)? Is it possible...

I am offering one of the plants in the photos below. I have been told that they are N. 'king-tiger' x mirabilis 'kuraburi', but I cannot guarantee their parentage. I received this plant earlier this year (February?) out of TC from Steve Sardinia. I'm not sure if the culture was a seed or a...

I have this orchid, with only very little history on it. I know it's a long shot, but I'm hoping someone here might be able to help ID it, even if only to pin a genus/group on it. It is at least 3 years old, as I have had it for that long. Potted in store-bought orchid substrate, in a 2 inch...

Since lots of people like to make crosses with plants from other people on this site, I thought it would be useful for people to list out which plants they have which regularly flower and what gender they are, to make future propagation endeavors easier. Also a place to post which ones you...

So, I have been interested in tissue culturing Nepenthes for awhile, but have never really had the facilities or skills to do it. I now have a tissue culture lab with available chemicals and PGR's that I work in and am experienced with sterile technique and media composition. The only thing I'm...

I decided to re-purpose one of my many empty aquariums (I'm actually an old hand at Terrarium building) into my first ever plant terrarium. I read about other people's projects and thought about many different opinions, while also trying to stay with the KISS method. This is what I came up...

Before I go the commercial route, just thought I'd check if anyone has enough for me to start an outside summer culture (prefer smaller species). They would seem to be a more benign alternative than the mosquito larvae I'm currently using. As for possible trade material, this would obviously...

Most of us are fascinated by carnivorous plants because they are, well, carnivorous. But I've often wondered what people thought of them before Darwin came along, since they are rather amazing in appearance alone. For example, here and there in pre-nineteenth-century books, you'll find some...

I am looking for tips. I'm growing it like gypsicola and macrophylla. Can't get it to flower and the bulbs stay the same size every year- Thanks

Hi there, Up for grabs one apical growing tip of Japanese Aldrovanda. Postage on me via regular post. If you want Priority or another option, ok by me, but cost of that will be on you. If you choose that route, I will probably include some companion plants as well. Conditions: As some...

Drosera ultramafica × spatulata This plant was sold to another grower as Drosera ultramafica but being suspicious of the tissue culture source I compared it to the published description of the species. The plant fails to match on several key points - no stem growth, lack of red stipules and...

Last year I used to culture d. hydei for my cp's but the job was very tedious and eventually a native fruit fly contaminated my culture. However the results I had were very good and I want to continue to feed my plants and pick up where I left off but with a larger insect. Eventually I came...

These were hardened from tissue culture and are growing on live sphagnum moss. I have seen D. puchella growing in swamps together with Cephalotus but the D. leioblastus is just an experiment. D. puchella D. puchella (orange and red vein) D. leioblastus

Hey guys, I have to write a ten page research paper for school:-D! Naturally I want to write it on CPs. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might write about. I was thinking maybe the phenotypical gene expression in nepenthes or maybe something on micropropagation (tissue culture). Let...

From tissue culture, hardened and growing since April 2013 - D. darwinensis and D. ordensis - D. paradoxa From tissue culture, hardened and growing since beginning of this month - D. broomensis - D. lanata - D. kennealyii - D. dilatato-petiolaris From division - D. paradoxa

Might be something to watch, figure it will go for a ton. I know its not "that hard" to get Eden Black X open seeds now so maybe its real. Its odd that there is not a "parent" pitcher photo, since this is a tissue culture from a seed grown plant I would think there would be an older plant...