Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 14:38:55 -0800 From: Russell Elliott <relliott@geocities.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1161$foo@default> Subject: Re: propagating D. filif. tracii
Wim Leys wrote:
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> I've been growing D. filiformis filiformis and D. filiformis tracii for
> a while. The filif*2 are doing fine, but I have only one tracii left as
> nearly all the gemmae of tracii rotted this spring (too cold during
> winter ?).
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> I would like to take a few backups of my last plant, before it vanishes.
> I've been sowing filif*2 and propagating it with leaf parts
> successfully. But when I try to do the same with tracii, it always
> fails.
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> Can anyone tell me how to (vegetatively) propagate D. filiformis tracii
> ? What might have gone wrong that all the gemmae rotted this spring ? I
> lost only a few filif*2.
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> Wim
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> Wim Leys, Belgium
> mailto:leyswi@lin.vlaanderen.be
Wim,
I would have thought using the leaves would have been successful for both types
of D.filiformis. Anyway, I take a fresh healthy new leaf and cut it up into
sections about 7 centimetres long. I then lay them on moist peat moss, and
*just* cover the leaf with horticulral sand (8/16 of an inch grade). I always
find this gives better results than covering them peat.
I then place the tray into my terrarium with my Nepenthes and I usually have
many more Drosera filformis within about three weeks! I don't bother with
fungicide, but I guess if you a paranoid about disease affecting your cuttings
you could give them a light misting.
Hope this helps,
Russell
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