Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:16:48 -0400 From: Tom Massey <massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2071$foo@default> Subject: RE: Slow growing Nepenthes
This raises a good question as far as I am concerned. TC has made a
tremendous number of rare Neps. more easily available, but TC will fall out
of favor pretty quickly if the propagated plants cannot be grown out once
they leave the "test tube". It seems to me that TC Neps seem to have a
real delay that young plants of the same size from seed do not have.
Others have said they see this phenomenon also.
It almost appears as if the young plant has a period of shock that lasts a
few months or more, and then either shrugs it off or dies. This is not
limited to difficult highlanders, it seems just as common with the easier
lowland plants. In some cases I suspect that some residual hormones remain
on the plants, in other cases I'm not sure. Are some of the multiplier or
other hormones antagonistic to rooting? If anyone has any tricks to help
ensure that young TC plants survive, I would love to hear them.
Tom in Fl.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 4:09 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Hi Everyone, My Nepenthes are coming back to life after a cold and
dark winter..Can anyone tell me whether the highland Nepenthes
Veitchii is considered a slow grower? I have two examples which I
have had two years grown from tissue culture..Both are still tiny
with not much new growth. One currently is developing a new leaf,
while the other has no obvious new growing point..Any tips on
encouraging the growth? Both my Rajah & villosa are sprouting
nicely and they are considered slow growers..
(snip)
Thanks
Bill
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jan 02 2001 - 17:31:59 PST