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Best Propagation of Nepenthes

Posted by bulldozer denmark (mikkeljuel@sol.dk) on
Thu, Feb 2, 12 at 11:37

Hi,

Im trying to start up a rare plant shop in my area, and want to make some micro culture of Nepenthes. What is the best way to propagate Nepenthes at large amounts?

I read about tissue culture, but is it possible to do tissue culture on fresh seeds?

If I get only a small amount of seeds from a rare Nepenthes, is there any way to propagate a single seed into a thousand baby plants?

I heard that the success rate varies a lot with tissue culture, but are there any secure way of doing it, if following detailed instructions?

Mikkel


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RE: Best Propagation of Nepenthes

Google tissue culture.


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RE: Best Propagation of Nepenthes

Thats what I have been doing so far.

So now I discovered that multiplying nepenthes from seeds are actually the most appropriate way because that Nepenthes can carry a fungi that lives within the cells, which doesnt die during sterilization. Hurra! Then I can use fresh seeds.

I found a Nepenthes growth mixture available on phytotechlab.com

Now I can see that there are not much information about hormones, as there are many different types of phytohormones.

Anyone have an idea what kind of hormone that works best for Nepenthes seed germination and growth?


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