Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 01:21:08 +0100 From: "A.J. Paton" <aj@paton1.free-online.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1667$foo@default> Subject: Re: Propogating venus flytraps from flower spikes
Zachary wrote:
<<Hi.
I was catching up on a few CP digests and I saw your posting about
propogating venus flytraps by planting cut off flower spikes. I've
often wondered if this was possible--tried it once myself without
luck. How do you remove the flower spike and how far above the
rhizome do you make the cut???
Intrigued,
--Zachary-->>
Hello Zachary.
You must have a lot of spare time to be catching up with that many digests
:-)
Unfortunately, the way I went about propogating VFT flower spikes was
completely unscientific! The spikes were removed using a fingernail when
they were large enough to do so (approx. 2 - 4 inches). They would have been
removed about 1 inch above the rhizome (although not for any particular
reason - is this likely to have an effect on any resulting propogation
success?).
My results were not particularly brilliant, but I did get 2 or 3 new plants
from the dozen or so spikes that I planted. I've just planted a couple more
flower spikes, (before I saw this digest, unfortunately, so I still used my
hit-and-miss method).
Perhaps others on the list could experiment with this to see if a more
reliable method can be found (cutting nearer the rhizome, perhaps??).
A.J.
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