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Thank you! Unfortunately, I have no experience with tissue culture. I am considering going back to grad school for horticulture, however. I would really like to understand it in greater detail. I work around a lot of scientists and have seen quite a few labs, so I am at least partially familiar with the techniques. I just don't have the income to invest in any of the chemicals or equipment. I have a couple good ebooks on tissue culture and you may have inspired me to actually read them though =D.
We already had a tree fern die because it got too tall. Our oldest cycads arrived in the early 90s--a university in Florida shipped its entire cycad collection to conservatories around the country 1992 to protect them from Hurricane Andrew. It's definitely something we worry about. There isn't a good way to deal with that situation--honestly, no one ever thought they'd get that big after 60+ years!
Thanks! The Welwitschias are sort of our pride and joy. We've figured out a lot about how to grow em and I usually raise the babies whenever we're able to make crosses. Best thing I've ever done, horticulturally. Crossed it off my bucket list!
It was a mixture of giving away CP seeds, volunteering, working part-time for 6 months with a wife freshly laid off from real estate, being almost completely broke, and finally landing a position with my fingers crossed. I've never hoped that hard for anything in all my life. I graduated in horticulture back when Georgia was hit with severe drought, and 80% of the nurseries and landscapers went out of business. It was harrowing and I was almost forced to abandon my dreams of working with plants altogether.
Looks like you could use a display tank of U. humboldtii to show off the large bladders (as well as the beautiful flowers & cool paddle-shaped leaves).
