brad 0 Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 I have finally propagated Dionaea from flower stalk cuttings after years of no success. I imagine that there are inhibitors at work. So I tried a completely new technique. I just shaved the basal bracts off of the flower stalk so they could bud on their own. I removed these bracts while the flower above was in bloom, careful not to disturb the flower so I can still harvest the seed. I placed these in RO water about 3 weeks ago, and now you can see that they are nicely budding out. I like the water propagation method because it allows the cutting to get maximum light from all angles. I also believe that waiting until the flower was developed allowed the bracts to be maximal size so they were a nice size to propagate. The flower bracts are where the thin pointy little leaves arise at the base of the flowers. VFT Flower Bracts 3 weeks after removal, budding in RO water. Brad Ventura California Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Melly 0 Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 very very very good Brad! Bravo!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlytrapRanch 41 Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 I have finally propagated Dionaea from flower stalk cuttings after years of no success. Very interesting! Thank you so much for sharing the information about this successful experiment. Very, very interesting . . . Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.Weinberger 5 Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 I have finally propagated Dionaea from flower stalk cuttings after years of no success. What was the problem? Just cut the flower stalk and put it vertical into peat. Until now I had 3 tries and two of them started to grow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I_Pereira 3 Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Success here to, on 2 stalks. This one is the most advanced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
droseraguy 0 Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Good job guys, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Green 73 Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Very interesting guys. It seems like VFT's will sprout from almost any part. Does anyone know if Sarracenias or other species will sprout from flower spikes ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brad 0 Posted May 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Ivo, That is such a neat photo. Thanks for showing it. Looks to be budding right off the side of the flower stalk. Phil, I agree, VFT will bud from basically any place on the plant. The white leaf base is not the only part of the plant that is easily propagated from. It seems the whole plant can be used for propagation. I have seen VFT bud from the flower (pistil and sepal), the flower bracts, the flower stalk, the trap, the trap connector, the petiole above ground, the petiole below ground, the leaf base (rhizome), and everywhere in between. It is time to try a root without any attached rhizome. Brad Ventura California Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.Weinberger 5 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Does anyone know if Sarracenias or other species will sprout from flower spikes ?? Hello Phil! I tried it with Drosera capensis and aliciae. That works fine. At the moment I try it with flower stalks of Drosera paradoxa, but until now I have no results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dazkeirle 1 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 sorry but i'm obviously missing something. How can the VFT sprout from the side of the stem? Are you using some kind of chemical to induce this or has it happened by accident? If you dont wanna explain fully could you please just post a link to some info as im very interested. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.Weinberger 5 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 How can the VFT sprout from the side of the stem? Are you using some kind of chemical to induce this or has it happened by accident? I haven´t used any chemicals. It is not necessary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Aidan Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 sorry but i'm obviously missing something. I have seen VFT bud from the flower (pistil and sepal), the flower bracts, the flower stalk, the trap, the trap connector, the petiole above ground, the petiole below ground, the leaf base (rhizome), and everywhere in between. It is time to try a root without any attached rhizome. As Brad has said, vegetative reproduction of Dionaea appears to be possible from almost any part of the plant, though he may be being over optimistic about using a root. It's not chemically induced and it's not by accident. People are simply trying cuttings from different parts of the plant using various techniques and with varying degrees of success. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radmegan 0 Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Wow interesting. Nice job Brad!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Numbersix 12 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 I had a flower stalk on a typical form vft suffer some aphid attack a few weeks back. This aborted the flower stalk and it has now formed traps instead. It is virtually a perfect young plant up on a stalk! Can this be severed and rooted? What will happen if I leave it? Rich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jm82792 0 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Need baby food jars ! I have a vft flower stock that I have been keeping in water to keep it alive for tc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sheila Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 So how many plants have you successfully tissue cultured now jm? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Aidan Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 I had a flower stalk on a typical form vft suffer some aphid attack a few weeks back. This aborted the flower stalk and it has now formed traps instead. It is virtually a perfect young plant up on a stalk!Can this be severed and rooted? What will happen if I leave it? Rich It's called false vivipary and many plants will do this. Yes, the plantlets may be removed and rooted. If left as they are, they will eventually die as the spent inflorescence dies back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jm82792 0 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 So how many plants have you successfully tissue cultured now jm? I have some things invitro only on vessle is contaminated and I thought it was going to be anyways because it was my first one done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I_Pereira 3 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 What should be done with the new buds? I'm asking because the ones in the photo are rotting, and as I have another stalk budding I don't want to repeat the same mistake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HugoMorse 15 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 I have just had to repot my Clumping Cultivar due to a rush growing and taking over the substrate with its roots. Following is a plantlet that has grown off the side of a removed flower stalk. I never knew it had developed so quickly as it was being outgrown by sphagnum moss. I have flower stems from other forms growing too, though not as advanced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TMCM 3 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Someone have results with flower stalk after of take seeds? My dry always... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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