Graham Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 I know seeds are the usual way to propagate this plant, but has anyone succeeded in propagating Drosophyllum from cuttings or by layering? I have a straggly multicrowned plant that would be a prime candidate if either of these methods would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visee Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Hi Graham, Impossible! Regards, Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davion Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I'll Take 'Thart' as-R Challenge, Jan!!! >(*U^)< **** My-Current-Idea is-to Use R Really 'Salty'-Medium to "Strike" CP-Material More-Effectively ... Salty-enough to Excluse All-but The Extremophile Mycorrhizae that Come-to-The-Aid-of-The Plants When-They are Iron-Deficient. You-can 'Trigger' this Iron-Deficiency and "Interdiggitation" by The Mycorrhizae Using very-Dilute Chromium-solutions ... but of-Course Chromium IS Toxic. The-Question'-of-Iron is R Fundamental-one Concerning CPs. Plants around Many CPs in-The-Wild are Nearly-Always Dark-Green and even 'Glauceous' ie Bluey-Green. CPs often 'Yellow'-out Away from Their Usual Ground-based Growing-points and Some-CPs are Even Naturally 'Glauceous' if-Not Glaceous at Ground-Level ie 'Near' The Growing-pioint ie Drosera-gigantea & Sarracenia-flava. Dionaea can in-Fact Take-on R Kind-of Dualism (Compartmentalisation?) between Petiole-&-Lamina ... The Petiole-Being R-Dark-Green and The Lamina a Yellow-Green as-if One Was Suffering from iron-Deficiency and The Other 'Not'!!! There's R National-Geographic Image on 629 Which I-Reproduce Above for-Clarity ... Since it's Such an Old-Work and Hard-to-Obtain. It Pretty-much 'Matches' Plants Found in-This-Image from The Mid-Eighties Presumeably Ripped-from-The-Wild or So-I've Been 'Told' by Authorities in-The-Area. I-Guess they Must-Be Referring to Native Companion-Plant-Associates Growing in The-Pots as-Well!!!??? >(*~*)< / >(*U^)< There IS 'Some' Evidence that TITANIUM Can Take-part in The Photosynthetic-Process. Perhaps 'This' Explains The Dichotomy Between Petiole-&-Lamina? Perhaps There's-R-Trap-Related-Reason 'Why' The Two Have to-Be Separated ... Perhaps Traps Have to-Be Iron-Deficient to SNAP-'Fast'!!!??? The OKEEFENOKEE-Giant Reputedly Grows on The 'Edge' of-R Titanium-DYKE and Titanium is Usually Found Concomittantly Associated with Aluminium of 'GLEY'-Podzolic Coastal-Plain Soils. Titaniium is Less-Reactive than Aluminium (about-R-6th ... if you Take The Cryolite-Process into Account) Which Alternatively means it-is More 'Easy' to-Reduce and 'GLEY'-Podzolic-Soil Definitely Possess The-Necessary Reductive-Power to Reduce Copper-&-Iron ... so-Why-'Not' TITANIUM as-Well!!!??? Most-likely it-Would Be Taken-up as One-of-The-Chlorides after it-Has Been Reduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Pico. Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Yes, it's possible http://www.mondocarnivoro.it/index.php?mod...amp;unirecid=23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxima Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 I've read reports of someone propagating by the woody stems, I think it's possible. Not sure about air layering though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 I've read a LOT about Drosophyllum in recent years and have only heard rumors of the odd cutting rooting. It's practically impossible though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxima Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Richard I think it's possible. Check this out: http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv17n4p106_107.pdf Check this out also, it's where I found the above link: http://www.terraforums.com/forums/showthread.php?132717-Dew-leaf-cutting-success I will also post that woody stem cuttings article if I can find it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 I say it's practically impossible because it's very rare that people have managed vegetative propogation. If only a method was discovered to make it common practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredG Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Just a thought but perhaps more people would try and it would be more common practise if they weren't told it was (practically) impossible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Fair point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxima Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Hehe guys. I've read success stories on a few other sources as well, I'm going to include them here once I find them again. I think the problem is that not many people seem to grow this plant and even fewer of those people actually dare experimenting with their plants. For instance people still say you can not transplant and I myself have transplanted about 6 times (twice or so for each pot, I have 4). As long as you move the whole rootball, the plants don't skip a beat. Anyway, looks like we have a lot to learn still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurizio Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 (edited) Absolutely possible, both from branch and floral scape. I wrote an article for AIPC, here is a summary, I'm sorry it is in Italian. http://www.mondocarn...iew&unirecid=23 Maurizio Edited May 12, 2013 by maurizio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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