Page 1 of 1

first attempts with Drosera in vitro

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 4:14 pm
by pandalf
Hi, these are pics of my first attempts with Drosera madagascariensis and D. capensis (seeds) in 1/3 Murashige and Skoog + full vitamins (0.4g/250 ml), Agar ( from supermarket, 1.0 g/250 ml), sucrose (7g/250 ml), pH adjusted to 5.6, 26°C



Drosera madagascariensis after a month:
IMG_20180809_173737_613.jpg
IMG_20180809_173737_613.jpg (70.21 KiB) Viewed 2505 times
after 45 days (with replate)
DSCF8926.jpg
DSCF8926.jpg (275.04 KiB) Viewed 2505 times

Drosera capensis germination after 20 days:
36250526_10216291989993385_4951528114631999488_n.jpg
36250526_10216291989993385_4951528114631999488_n.jpg (73.29 KiB) Viewed 2505 times
after 1 month
36528679_10216342806023754_2116380422555303936_n.jpg
36528679_10216342806023754_2116380422555303936_n.jpg (122.98 KiB) Viewed 2505 times
after two months:
DSCF8918.jpg
DSCF8918.jpg (151.75 KiB) Viewed 2505 times

It seems to me that both the cuttings and seed plants are slow for some reason regarding the medium or the type of Agar.

Re: first attempts with Drosera in vitro

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 4:17 pm
by _-SphagnumFromHell-_
Dear god. Good job on the propagation, but, that madagascariensis cutting looks like cthulhu's tumor. :shock:

Re: first attempts with Drosera in vitro

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:51 pm
by pandalf
yep, it's very similar :D.

Now it has passed 2 nearly two months with one reflask, but I don't see any improvement in the growth rate. It's normal this slowness or is probably due to a toxic environment?
40063678_10216793982542885_3323780155633041408_n.jpg
40063678_10216793982542885_3323780155633041408_n.jpg (74.48 KiB) Viewed 2433 times
40021561_10216793982222877_578843312396435456_n.jpg
40021561_10216793982222877_578843312396435456_n.jpg (64.91 KiB) Viewed 2433 times