culture

I received a few inquires about how I germinated D.Regia seeds on compost. This was my first attempt at growing what I affectionately call the "uglies". They are by no means a plant I like, I am just an equal opportunity germinator. I read a couple of threads on other's experiences germinating...

As some of you know I lost my whole collection due to a power outage. My new assignment has brought me to the state of Massachusetts. this is a weird offer. but i am dividing my worm composting bin, and was wondering when the weather gets a little warmer if any of you are interested in trading...

Hey guys I just thought I would start this thread because: 1. Cobra Lilies are amazing. 2. I don't see too many pics of them. So feel free to post any pics in the wild, in culture, in tissue culture...whatever. I'll start it off with the first one I've grown, which I got on Christmas. It...

Hello TF, I'm pursuing a new cheap project! Recently, I was assigned a project in school where we have 7 weeks to pursue anything we want, and then we give a presentation on the process and what we have learned by the end. It's an awesome opportunity, and I have decided to move up my summer...

I just got back from the hydroponics shop to get some net baskets for re-potting and I took a stroll through the rest of the shop. There was a sign stating that German company who made the Hydroton baked clay balls used for hydroponics and semi-hydro orchid culture has gone out of business due...

Hey guys (i know, this is my third thread started today!) I was wondering, after all this research on tissue culture, how do people such as andreas sell their plants? well here is what i came up with- i will be purchasing a micropropogation lab in a few, and have decided spontaneously that i...

Hey guys I was reading around again and I got really interested in the subject of nep tissue culture. After reading for a while, a question came up... Can you culture plants from sectioned off leaves of nepenthes? If active cells are required, is it possible to use... Maybe a developING leaf...

Hi, I'm going to start a tissue culture course next semseter (lasts a year or longer) and I was wondering if anyone had any advice before I start. I'd like to be as successful as possible so the more information the better :) I'll be doing TC on a nepenthes (unkown type so far) and also...

Hello, I wanted to know if anyone here had any experience with using a ph indicator dye in their TC media. More specifically, if anyone has used bromorescol green or purple. If so, are there any ill effects and at what concentration. Thanks

Hello. Jeremiah generously gave me some Nepenthes Attenboroughii seeds to try my hand at in vitro culturing. I promised to share any progress, so here it is. I frequent this forum often, so it is only fair that perhaps someone can benefit. Let me preface this by saying that I have never...

In all of my sphagnum cultures that are grown out (around 8-9) there are these areas where there are no growing points. Some areas are small, but some are big and it is annoying. I think those areas may have been too wet so they drowned out from lack of oxygen, but for the winter I drained all...

NEPENTHES Ramipina Deroose alata x2(ok to trade) Vent. x Sibuyanensis(jungle bells) Miranda x2 (ok to tade) Boshiania x Densiflora Vent.red x2(ok to trade) Mirabilis(ok to trade) Mirabilis x Bicalcarate(ok to trade) Mirabilis trang.(okto trade) Maxima x truncata (marbelled dragon)x 2(ok to...

I got a starter culture from Peter and he said that he thought it came from Northern USA to Canada. It grows really fast and it is not a compact species. It is green, but I have seen some red at the store I got it at and it is all the same species. When Peter gave me a bit of red, it grew green...

Sigh, here I go on another expensive crazy project. I'm starting a small tissue culture lab. The goal of this project is to breed orchids and maybe some other plants, experiment with different procedures, and produce plants to trade/sell. Eventually if things go well I will turn it into a...

While digging through some photos, I came across a shot of some Cephalotus seed, both in its protective follicle and that of the naked seed itself. The scale, I would hazard, is self-explanatory. At one point, it was common to remove the seed for tissue culture purposes, since it was far simpler...

Hi my name is Ryan, it's nice to finally join Terraforums at last! Recently I met a few possible terraforum junkies at the NECPS conference in Mass., and I said that I would be looking forward to meeting up with them in this forum. I am an environmental science major at ESF in Syracuse...

What a challenge this plant is ! I have to provide to this genus some awesome and freaks culture conditions ! -90% relative humidity 24/24 -100watts large spect. T5 sunblaster very close to the plants. -23C to 27C day temp -17C to 22C night temp Of course, i use a A/C. <a...

So I've noticed that when you take sphagnum directly from the very wet culture and drape it around nep pots, it quickly dries out and its extremely soft. This was the way the sphagnum around my N. aristolochioides was until a few days ago when it started growing new tips, it kinda "hardened-off"...

So for a while now I've had a strong desire to get started in tissue culture, both for the plant propagation and because the entire process seems awesome. The limiting factor, as a college student, has been money and I've pretty much resigned myself to waiting until I finish up in the fall...

In June of 2011 I bought my first Cephalotus follicularis; the so-called "vigorous" clone from D. Hastings. I knew little about the care and cultivation of this mysterious species, but as is my way, I sought every snippet of information available to help me forge a plan for its care. This is the...