gregh
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Post by gregh on Apr 10, 2007 20:00:28 GMT
I have Genlisia growing in a quart pot in a terrarium. It has reached the edges, and I would like to divide it for a few tests (greenhouse, clear vase to see the traps, and some back in the same pot. Is there anything i should know about them as far as transplanting? I know some plants resent it, and don't want to lose my only one. The main plant is currently flowering, if that makes a difference.
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Post by BarryRice on Apr 30, 2007 17:57:58 GMT
Hey Gregh,
If you only have a single rosette, I'd tease out a leaf and a long Y-shaped trap, and try "rooting" them in live sphagnum, bright light, high humidity first.
Otherwise, if you've got a big clump of plants, you'll just want to tear or cut the division into clumps. Expect some setbacks to be likely, but you should do ok.
Do you know what species it is? Some species like G. repens are more like terrestrial Utricularia in being easily divided, while G. aurea is more compact and hard to divide neatly.
Barry
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Post by gregh on May 1, 2007 2:38:13 GMT
Barry, Thanks. It has several sets of leaves that have reached the edge of the pots, kind of like a utric. It is G. hispidula and the parent plant is currently blooming. Greg
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Post by ICPS-bob on May 1, 2007 20:08:05 GMT
My G. hispidula consistently produces viable seed that readily germinates on any suitable soil media. Keep an eye on the seed pods. They turn brown when ripe and eventually split open to spill the seed.
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Post by BarryRice on May 1, 2007 22:47:22 GMT
Genlisea hispidula, as Bob noted, is pleasantly weedy. It produces seed readily, and also can be propagated from leaf cuttings, divisions, or trap cuttings.
Barry
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Post by SilverKiento on May 15, 2007 13:09:04 GMT
My G. hispidula consistently produces viable seed that readily germinates on any suitable soil media. Keep an eye on the seed pods. They turn brown when ripe and eventually split open to spill the seed. Awesome, I just recently got one of these and it seems to be doing well.. though it still has some recovering to do from shipping. I'm waiting for the roots to start stretching into the glass of water underneath it. Even though it takes FOREVER.. I prefer to raise CPs from seeds as it brings a new challenge into the mix and I really enjoy watching them grow to adulthood. I eagerly await the day that a CP I raised from seed produces even more seed. I'm hoping for my byblis liniflora to flower later this year. I'm also hoping my genlisea hispidula will give me some seeds within the next year or so as well. I'd like to try my hand at germinating them.
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Post by jm82792 on May 21, 2007 17:48:42 GMT
Well I don't even have the luck to get capensis to sprout! Really not kidding it is in peat under a humiddity baggy for 3 weeks and has had no sprouting whatsoever! Maybe I will be good at starting seeds invitro ?
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Post by SilverKiento on May 22, 2007 1:18:31 GMT
Wow capensis will sprout anywhere.. maybe you got bad seeds? Take the bag and throw it away cuz trust me, you don't need it.
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Post by jm82792 on May 23, 2007 0:27:07 GMT
No I don't think so I planted (sprinkeled) spatulata,capensis alaba,capaenis narrow leaf and the spatulata kansai form(new specie?)(that how it is spelled?) I got primuliflora to sprout on accident the seed pod was tiny and I found no seeds,there are 20 seedlings of them right under the flower stock
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