Aldrovanda cuttings

[Cindy]

POW WOW!!!

It took 3 days...

 

[Linton]

Congrats on the successful cuttings Cindy.

 

[Cindy]

Thanks, Linton. I am pleasantly surprised as it is the first time I am trying to propagate the species.

 

[jimscott]

Now how do ya get these things to flower?

 

[Cindy]

That's what I will be trying next!

 

[Clue]

Now how do ya get these things to flower?

Very high temperatures in the summer... 85-90 F usually does the trick.

 

[jimscott]

Maybe next summer....

 

[Cindy]

Thanks, Clue.

 

[Cindy]

Updates...

Growing tip cutting - 28July2010

Same cutting - 13Aug2010

2-node/axial cutting (lower node separated from it)

3-node/axial cutting (two nodes/axials still green)

3-node/axial cutting (all old nodes/axials are brown)

2-node/axial cutting that is still green but has not produced any offshoot

 

[jimscott]

They look sooooooooooooo pristine!

 

[Cindy]

Oh, I must have missed out cutting number 2 when I scrubbed them clean...see the fluff on the old axial...

Seriously, they are straight out of their box/home. No prior rinsing. A very clean home...I am still waiting for daphnia to grow out of somewhere/something.

 

[jimscott]

Which strain do you have?

 

[Cindy]

The Australian. Will be trying the European ones soon.

 

[jimscott]

I think I have a Polish strain. It came from Kamil Pasek.