Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:40:37 -0400 From: "Dave Evans" <dpevans@rci.rutgers.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1695$foo@default> Subject: Re: TC of Sarracenia
Dear Miguel,
I don't think that's the average time to get a flowering size plant, but
the max. The average would four years from seed as some plants can flower
in their third. I believe that for the larger species, like _S.
leucophylla, S. flava_ and _S.alata_ you could expect a couple to flower on
the fourth year, but five years would be the average for these species; for
the rest of _Sarracenia_ I think four years would be the best average.
Sorry, I don't know much about how Sarracenia behave after coming out of TC,
but considering the conditions they would have almost no dormancy while in
tc or in a terrarium for that matter. If you are careful with their
dormancy I think you could get about nine months extra worth of growth in
three years versa growing them outside.
Dave Evans
> Traditional seed raising of Sarracenias usually takes 5 years to produce
> flowering-size plants. Supposedly TC shortcuts this process. What time
> period elapses between sowing sterile Sarracenia seeds in vitro and
> obtaining a flowering sized plant?
> Miguel de Salas
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