Byblis TC mutations.

[Brian Barnes]

Hello Friends,

Some very interesting things have been going on with Byblis research lately. I gave some original Byblis 'Goliath' seeds to a good friend on 11/28/2008 and we've been working together on those in his TC lab ever since.

With "Goliath's" numbers now in the thousands, what's very surprising is the range of mutations and characteristics that occur within Byblis 'Goliath'. Plants are being produced that show combined traits of at least four of the proposed existing Byblis "species". Various agar combinations produce interesting results. The mutations are truly amazing!

Here's a shot from the lab. Note extreme variation amongst B. 'Goliath' clones;




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Now, let's take a closer look at three plants from the TC trays;





As seen, some of these plants could easily be mistaken as seperate species, however they consist only of B. 'Goliath' clones, which truly shows the variation possibilities within this remarkable species of plant. As long as I have the definitive traits of B. 'Goliath' in select clones, I'm good to go.

Stay tuned for much more!

Happy Growing,

Brian.

[Sockhom]

Very interesting Brian.
Hope to get my hands on one of those someday.

Cheers,

François.

[stevestewart]

What could be better!
Mutant Carnivorous Plants!
Every young plant growers dream come true. ;D

Take good care of them!
Steve

[gregallan]

Good work. I would be very interested to see how the multi-branching plants turn out. I have recently re-read many of the controversial posts about Byblis from last summer and, to be honest, I smell a rat somewhere. I am still convinced from my personal observations of my own plants that B aquatica and rorida are separate species, but I really don't know what to make of the B filifolia/guehoi forms/plants. I have twice obtained large branching B filifolia plants with masses of large flowers. I could not get them to produce seed, however, when I cross-fertilised with other B filifolia plants. I've no idea how these plants were created, but I suspect that one could spend 500 years searching Northern Australia and never come across such a plant in the wild. I had presumed that my failure to propagate these spectacular plants was down to my deficiencies as a grower, but now I'm not so sure.

I have managed to obtain some seeds of B filifiolia 'Giant form , Pago', and B sp. Pilbara, and I also have a lot of B guehoi seed to sow this season. I eagerly await the results, and I will post photos as the plants progress. Will they look like these: www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30789 ?

As for the morons who sabotaged the Florida CPS site, apparently targeting the Byblis pages- what a pathetic, cowardly act. Whether or not it had anything to do with the recent differences of opinion regarding the status of some of the Byblis, we will probably never know, but if it did, it provides a perfect vindication of the views of the sceptics.

Greg

[Brian Barnes]

Hello Greg,

Great to hear for you. Interesting observations! I agree with you 100%

Here's an article you may find of interest;

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_use_restriction_technology

Happy Growing,

Brian.