Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.

Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#284472

By bijillon -  Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:45 am
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- Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:45 am #284472

I am starting an experiment on January 20, 2017. I am putting a keiki paste on my nepenthes nodes that are right above a leaf, if nothing happens his thread will get buried. For those of you who don't speak orchid, a keiki is a little plant that comes off of a flower spike, not very common for it to happen naturally. Thus why they sell a paste that enhances the chance of it happening. I am wondering if something will happen.

Happy Growing,

Dillon

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Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#284535

By Wikiwakawakawee -  Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:45 pm
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- Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:45 pm #284535

Nice experiment! Now I'm really interested in seeing this happen, please update us as you go along with it!

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Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#284544

By Adelaide -  Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:47 pm
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- Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:47 pm #284544

There was a thread on the CPUK forum about using keiki paste to increase heliamphora divisions. This is interesting, can't wait to see results!

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Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#284545

By HeliamphoraWalnut -  Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:57 pm
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- Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:57 pm #284545

Peter D Amato advocates this stuff. let us know the results, I'm curious

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Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#284554

By DeadlyCarnivore -  Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:23 pm
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- Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:23 pm #284554

Adelaide wrote:There was a thread on the CPUK forum about using keiki paste to increase heliamphora divisions. This is interesting, can't wait to see results!

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Did that work? With the Helis?

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Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#284558

By Adelaide -  Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:50 pm
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- Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:50 pm #284558

Here is the link http://necps.proboards.com/thread/174/

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“You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he went on. “One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me.”

Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#284559

By Adelaide -  Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:51 pm
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- Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:51 pm #284559

It wasn't CPUK, my mistake.

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“You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he went on. “One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me.”

Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#286749

By bijillon -  Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:50 pm
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- Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:50 pm #286749

UPDATE: it seems like one of the dormant nodes has expanded.

keiki paste.

no keiki paste
The node has gotten notably swollen and looks to be growing.

Happy Growing,

Dillon

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Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#286754

By Adelaide -  Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:45 pm
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- Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:45 pm #286754

Hard to tell with the quality of the second photo. Is this the same node? You really need a control to compare to - to know if it's working or not.

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“You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he went on. “One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me.”

Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#286763

By bijillon -  Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:26 pm
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- Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:26 pm #286763

No , the second nose is the next one down

Happy Growing,

Dillon

Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#287895

By Wikiwakawakawee -  Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:28 pm
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- Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:28 pm #287895

Any progress?

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Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#287896

By bijillon -  Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:30 pm
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- Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:30 pm #287896

Not really I'll post more pics when I get home, I'll try putting more on the same node, I put rooting hormone on one node but nothing happened

Happy Growing,

Dillon

Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#331805

By bijillon -  Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:33 am
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- Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:33 am #331805

So a quick two years has passed since I started this experiment! The progress has been great and I am almost ready to separate and get some roots growing. This is perfect timing as in IB Biology right now we are looking at clones and we have to produce a clone from a plant. Of course everyone is doing succulents, but I have something more interesting up my sleeve. The lack of updates doesn’t help show the progress but here is a picture of it now 4/3/19. Again this was done with keiki paste, a hormone used to encourage keikis to develop on orchids and just thought this would be fun.

Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#353217

By bijillon -  Sun May 03, 2020 1:19 am
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- Sun May 03, 2020 1:19 am #353217

Aaaand it died, but it’s good to know that Keiki paste works on nodes for nepenthes.

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Re: Nepenthes experiment with keiki paste.#377879

By Darkroom Denizen -  Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:12 pm
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- Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:12 pm #377879

What caused it to die? This experiment is extremely interesting and is something I've been curious about myself. I'm surprised at how well it seems to have gone. Also, do you remember the brand of keike paste you used?

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