cultures

Playing with my new camera and decided to take some pics of the D. Capensis 'red leaf' cultures that are starting to grow up. These are 4 weeks old, I think I might have at least a hundred if not two sprouting. Click for larger size:

I was curious if anyone has ever come across a page showing D. binata seed germination in magnified detail? I'm watching my cultures germinate, and it's been really interesting so far (1 week in). I have a 20x eye magnifier, and it's amazing the detail I can make out. D. binata seeds remind...

Hi, I found a praying mantis in my back yard and have her in a 5 1/2 gallon aquarium. I put in a grass hopper about eight flys a couple spiders and a beetle. But she won't eat she is all green and i pretty sure she is a Chinese kind. I would like to mabe get a couple more as pets, learn how to...

I was looking at my terrarium from across the room tonight and saw something move. I figured it was just a big moth that finally found his way in. When i went to look here's what I found: I've been studying tree frogs and dart frogs as possible future inhabitants when I got the tank setup...

How do i do tissue cultures and what are the costs

How hard is it to keep fruit fly cultures? I figure its pretty easy, but I wanted to know what you guys have to say about it. The reason why I'm keeping them is because I plan on getting Mantids (fruit fly's for the small instars), this is besides the point though. Thanks for any help.

Does anyone watch vlogs? One of my things I like to do is watch vlogs on youtube. Like from Arabic people or Irish people or Australian people. It's REALLY cool to learn about other cultures. I have to look up words like haraam and halaal and.. dowry and jummah. It's pretty cool though. Right...

.Humm ever had one of those moments when you realize that you will have to wait a year- or more- beore you can do something you want? I just had one of those moments. This one fruit tree was had the best pears i had ever tasted. I mean, melting, very juicy, with a Vinous, aromatic flavor. Not...

Well I have had U. gibba for like 2 years. I have it in all my fish tanks, most of my daphnia cultures and they have been spreading everywhere. The only problem is I've never seen a single flower from them at all. Does anyone know how to make it flower? I really want to see it's flowers. Also if...

It's Aprils Fools day and I thought I would post a history of the day and one of the best Aprils Fools day of all time. The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest. APRIL FOOLS DAY Unlike most of the other nonfoolish holidays, the history of April Fool's Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not totally...

for your perusal: Beastly beauties: Carnivorous plants lure fans with bright colors, unique shapes BY CANDACE RENALLS Knight Ridder Newspapers Creepy, hungry things grow in Charles Lamb's house. Sticky, hairy plants with pouches and traps lure flies, gnats and spiders to their demise...

Does anyone have the following papers or access to the PDF's? I am currently a homeless botanist without interloan access!!   Bobak, M et al (1995) Direct plant regeneration from leaf explants of Drosera rotundifolia cultured in vitro. Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult. 43: 3-49. Krolicka, A et al...

I first have to put a caveat on this statement. I am not saying this as a Mod, or in any official capacity, but as a member. I know it's a Feature Novel in length, but I REALLY want you to read it. There have been more than a few threads here lately which I have not been able to moderate...

Mycologist Paul Stamets tests over 100 mushroom extracts with NIH and USAMRIID. Several show selective potent anti-viral properties. Kamilche Point, Washington 24 March 2005 – Recent in vitro tests demonstrate that a specially prepared extract from Fomitopsis officinalis is highly...

I'm doing some arms & armor busts in Castilene wax and since I like obscure cultures, this first one is a young warrior from sub saharan Africa around the 1820's. The anatomy roughed in Quilted Armor roughed in (note 3" bic lighter for scale) I've only put about an hour or two in it so far...

Ok, so one in every 3 topics has something about worms in it... little white worms, little red worms, earthworms, little wormy things in the water, little worms hanging from the traps, anything you could think of! This is the topic to answer ALL your questions about stinkin' WORMS! Keep...

I am looking for some detailed instructions on how to propagate CP’s with tissue cultures. I found some info on the Net but it didn't get into very much detail about the agar, and what cuttings or tissues are used, etc. I realize it’s probably complicated, but the info I saw didn't look too bad...

Hi, Pardon my ignorance on tissue culture. Why can't people like Wistuba or Bob Cantley, do their tissue cultures straight off cuttings from plants from the wild, rather than from plants grown from seeds? Plants from seeds take 2-3 years to mature and by then only discovered that the plants may...

Hey, I just started a few fruit fly cultures, drosophila hydeii, for my dart frogs... i am experiencing with diff medias, im not sure if they will work out... one of them is: bananas apples oatmeal brewers yeast I'll let you know how it goes... any suggestions? -Spec

Hello,      I have decided to grow dart frogs. my goal is to make the vivarium for under 150 dollars (not including tank) This will be my little journal of what i use, where i get it, and how much it costs... my budget is 150 dollars. Supplies: Rep-Cal -$5.00 Pet-Co Herptivite -$6.50 Saurian...