Nepenthes Research Plants

[mtaylor]

Hey all,

I'm a student at Alfred University and I'm developing a research proposal based on determining the sex of Nepenthes.

I was wondering if there are any creditable producers of young Nepenthes plants that are selling and have determined the sex already for comparison if the primer I'm using works?

Since this is the preliminary stages of my research it isn't critical just to see how expensive the plants are.

Thanks

[mtaylor]

So I actually came up with a better idea.

Okay I was wondering if anybody would like to donate plant tissue for research. However I must say that to do so I need certain information, including:

Species of plant (can't be a hybrid)
Sex of the plant (must be confirmed can't be a maybe)
a photo of the plant with a piece of paper with the owners name so i can verify that it is from that person.
ideally a photo of the flower to confirm the sex of the plant.

I will pay shipping for the plant.
If my research comes out as a success maybe I'll even help determine the sex of anybody's plants for a fee though.

Those that do donate I'll determine the sex of any of the unknown plants you have for free.

If you guys have any questions

email me at [e-mail]

Thanks

[brokken]

How much tissue and what type of tissue? Leaves? Stems?

[mtaylor]

Hello,

Uh well healthy leaves would be best. Depending on how large 2 or 3 leaves.

What species do you have?

Michael

[brokken]

I have ventricosa female that I can send you a few leaves of.

Regards

[mtaylor]

Hello,

That would be wonderful thanks, just email me and I can give you more information on what to do next.

Thanks again

[Dave Evans]

Hello Michael,

Are you looking at a pre-y shaped chromosome?

I'm pretty sure Nepenthes are genetically fixed, they inherit their sex genetically from their parents.

[mtaylor]

Hey Dave,

It hasn't technically been confirmed that there is a sex chromosome in Nepenthes. Also the sex isn't inherited by parents that would only happen if the plant was a clone.

If there is a sex chromosome it is very difficult to find because Nepenthes has around 80 chromosomes or so. I'm actually researching more on identifying the sex through various primers and species across the genus. I feel that the current situation in sex determination is a bit crude.

Michael