Shadowtski wrote:Savior7 wrote:Hey Mike
Thank you for your kind words!
Unfortunately i haven't made any expirience with drosera of the indica complex.
What media do you use for them ?
What about shipping ? Maybe the temperatures were too low for them so they died. Happened also to me once.
Best regards
Lukas
Medium was 1 part peatmoss to 3 parts silica sand. I sterilized it in a pressure cooker 15psi for 45 minutes, then let it cool for several hours. Plant was only watered with distilled water. I ordered them in May and June, from the Czech Republic, so freezing shouldn't have been an issue.
They looked OK at first. Then they kind of went translucent. Then they changed from Green to Green-Grey, then to Grey. Then they melted into a puddle of Grey goo. It was frustrating because I didn't have a clue what I was doing wrong. I still don't know where my error was. After two catastrophic failures, I said the heck with it and concentrated on raising hartmeyerorum from seed.
Good growing,
Mike
Hey Mike, sorry for my late reply just been busy the last few days.
So i didn't understand you correct. I thought you were replating these onto fresh Media for tissue culturing. Unfortunately i never expirienced something like this. I guess you lowered the Humidity slowly and started from about nearly 100% ?
What about the light ? Maybe it was a little bit too strong for them. I usually have very low light at the beginning of the acclimation process.
But some cultures aren't that easy to acclimate and have not the survival rate of a batch of D. Capensis. :-/
Doomsday wrote:Very nice! Were those nep cultures from seed?
Thank you Doomsday
Some of them yes. I raised the ampullaria 'red' and Veitchii 'Giant' from Seeds. I also own a N. Inermis which i also raised from seeds. All of the other Nepenthes shown i got from trades or ordered online.
Cheers
Lukas