loligo1964 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) Here's a slap-happy series of shots from a couple of centrifuge tubes this morning . . . Cephalotus follicularis cv. "Eden Black x Eden Black" In response to a few recent requests, The TC media is a standard 2:3 Knudsen-C with .5 ml/L NAA at a pH of 5 . . . Edited February 2, 2012 by loligo1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bag1234 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Very cool! 2 of mine also germinated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel G Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytrapCare Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Very nice loligo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Good to see they are viable. None of mine have germinated yet The same happened last year,but Stephen said none of his did either.So i'll just have to wait a bit longer. ada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I managed to 8 out of 16 to germinate, but then they've been growing since last September! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loligo1964 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Here is a photo of a root-forming callus (as opposed to those producing shoots or leaves) of the "selfed" seed mentioned earlier. Root formation is often the weakest link in terms of tissue cultured plants; and commercial growers -- to cut costs -- often transfer "plantlets" of many species to compost to root ex vitro. I have found that Cephalotus, in particular, is far more successful and vigorous if there is something more substantial below the soil . . . Cephalotus follicularis "Eden Black x Self" 25 August I was also very encouraged by the bright red coloration of the earliest "vegetative" leaves on another callus, even under the moderate lighting conditions of a growing room: Here are a couple of other shots of root-producing calli in Muroshige-Skoog-based multiplication media -- both of which currently look like something out of an HP Lovecraft story: 28 August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loligo1964 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Here is the last update for 2012 of one of several Cephalotus cultures; and some do appear to look promising. A few of the calli were recently moved into a dilute MS media without any plant growth regulators . . . Cephalotus follicularis "Eden Black x Self" 10 December 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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