olivier marthaler Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Hi everybody, Has someone experience about rooting leaves of drosera falconeri ? Any info would be most welcome, the leaves of my plant being super-large at the moment... Thanks, OL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesiolino Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Hi Olivier Have you read this post? http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/viewtopic.p...light=falconeri Hope it help you... Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier marthaler Posted November 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Hi Giancarlo Grazie mille per la tua informazione, I'll start tomorrow... at the latest... and tonight if my plant is still awake :) Thanks again, OL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier marthaler Posted November 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 So following several people's advice, I removed the leaves with as much white basal part of the leaves as possible. Considering Jan's and the others' slightly different types of techniques to root dr. falconeri, I tried putting some leaves in distilled water with plenty of light and temps ranging 23-28°C, and some others were laid onto a mixture of sphagnum moss and peat (90-95% relative humidity and same light and temps conditions as those in water). Maybe I should have covered the leaves with chopped live sphagnum (?) Let's see which one "comes first" ! Take a guess... Cheers, OL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Hi Olivier, I was reviewing some old posts and came across yours. Any update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier marthaler Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Hi Ron, Unfortunately the results were not very convincing indeed: the leaves lying on peat dried out in a few days , and those in water are still... in it, with no sign of decay... but no sign of root growth at all. I guess the water is not warm enough (ranging 21°-28°) and the 16 hours of artificial lighting maybe not being sufficient. Any advice welcome, of course! Good luck for those trying, too, and thanks for letting us know about your experiments! OL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanW Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Its a good sign, sometimes it takes some time. Do not throw them away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Hi Olivier, Its a good sign, sometimes it takes some time. Do not throw them away! While most of mine seem to make a showing in 4-5 weeks, sometimes older ones will pop out... I think Homer recently had some 'older' strikes appear that he had given up on... Good luck for those trying, too, and thanks for letting us know about your experiments! My current experiments range from total success to total failure with everything in between. The "JanW method" has been the most successful by far. ... ~5 out of 6 D. petiolaris strikes and similar success for D. paradoxa & D. falconeri. However, when I attempt to identify the 'critical' parameters in the "JanW method" and move them to a more controlled setting - nowhere near the success.... Experimentation continues (as long as the adult plants are willing to donate leaves) :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier marthaler Posted January 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Hi everybody, Just a couple of minutes ago, I had a look into the small container where the drosera falconeri leaves were put in early November 05, and for the first time I noticed a few tiny "side shoots" (I apologize for my lack of knowledge in proper botanic language) growing from the basal part of the leaves, eventhough the rest of the leaves had been dried/burnt out for many weeks. They are 1-2 mm long and whitish at the moment. Will keep you informed, Regards, OL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesiolino Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Congratulation Oliver! Hope you get more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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