Cuttings of assorted Byblis species

[cindy]

B. liniflora cuttings worked for me. This time round, I had the chance to try out another species when the whole pot of B. guehoi fell over and a branch broke.

About 2 weeks later...


Close-up of roots


New plant potted up. And ready to go to another parent.


Since it was a success, I decided to save some the declining B. liniflora as well as take more B. guehoi cuttings. Will be trying it on B. 'Goliath' and B. rorida once they are almost done with flowering.



B. liniflora cutting


B. guehoi cuttings


A mixture of cuttings

[bluemax]

Cool, Cindy. I have wondered if species other than B. liniflora will root from cuttings. As always, nice photos!

- Mark

[cindy]

Updates...

1. Both B. liniflora and B. guehoi cuttings have started to root
2. B. rorida cuttings taken

[cindy]

B. guehoi cutting - roots formed in perlite + water


B. guehoi cuttings in sphagnum moss - this method works equally well


B. guehoi branch on the main plant where a cutting was taken - offshoot produced after just 5 days!


B. rorida cuttings producing offshoots - main plant's leaves were mostly yellowing when the cuttings were taken so this is a nice surprise.

[coldcoffee]

Awesome. You should publish your experiment in the Journal.

[cindy]

Oct 13, 2011 7:03:07 GMT @coldcoffee said:

Awesome. You should publish your experiment in the Journal.

Thanks! I rather enjoy the freedom of posting on forums...one just don't get to publish updates every other week. ;D LOL

So here goes another two updates...these are the last of the cuttings from the B. guehoi. Since the leaves have already turned brown on the plant, I've trimmed them off.


B. guehoi plants - what is left of them after taking about 50 cuttings of 4" long

[cindy]

These are slow!

15 Oct


24 Nov - interestingly, the new shoots appeared very close to the base of the stem