Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:20:40 -0800 From: Chris Teichreb <cjteichr@sfu.ca> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg553$foo@default> Subject: Re: P. agnata producing plantlets!!
Hi Amy,
It's very common for most Pings to take from leaf cuttings and is
one of the major ways growers propagate them. You can sadely remove about
1/2 of the leaves without significantly slowing down the growth of the
mother plant.
Chris
>Hi all,
>Recently I've noticed something interesting in my P.
>agnata 'violet flower'. I discovered it when I noticed
>a leaf that had fallen off of it. I saw a small
>plantlet growing at the tip. I transferred this
>plantlet to a bed of sphagnum moss, and since then it
>has tripled in size! Now that I realized my plants'
>leaves would do this, I removed about 10 of them and
>now they are all growing plantlets at the end!! I had
>heard that P. prumiliflora was well known for its
>habit to produce plantlets from its leaves, but I had
>never heard of P. agnata doing this. I tried this with
>some of my other butterworts (such as P. caudata), but
>it didn't work! I just wanted to let people know this.
>Also, how many leaves can be pulled off of the mother
>ping plant without hurting it? Thanks,
>Amy
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