Tobias Kulig Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hi all, A few weeks ago I offered a few seeds of my U. campbelliana ´Wei Tepui´. From this batch i have sown even 15 seeds. A week ago, I discovered 2 seedlings and thought that was all. But when I checked this morning once again, I have seen 7 other seedlings!! Ok, in the past the germination time was 4-6 weeks. But this time it has actually taken a few weeks longer! It was probably because I had some other conditions. Ok, here are a pic from the biggest seedling from today in the morning: best regards Tobias 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Anderson Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 That's one of the Orchidioides utrics I don't have, been collecting a few this year. Good luck with your seedlings:) Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cephalotus Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Congratulations. :) It is so tiny though. Any tips on how you did it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mujinamo Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Wow congratulations! I tried to grow this species a few months ago, but I failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Kulig Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Hi, thanks all for compliments!! @ Mujinamo: what do you had for conditions? In my opinion is the tricky point only the maximum temperature and the night sinking!! When you give a maximum from 20-24 degrees C and 8 degrees night sinking, then should it give no problems..... regards Tobias Edited December 12, 2015 by Tobias Kulig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mujinamo Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Hi, thanks all for compliments!! @ Mujinamo: what do you had for conditions? In my opinion is the tricky point only the maximum temperature and the night sinking!! When you give a maximum from 20-24 degrees C and 8 degrees night sinking, then should it give no problems..... regards Tobias I grew it with the rest of my highland Utricularia in 90-100% humidity. Temperatures were around 22-25 degrees C in the day and 15-18 C at night. I had it indoors under LEDs during the day and took it outside at night for the temperature drop. It was grown in long-fibered sphagnum moss. Here are a few pictures of when I got it. There were two clumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Last year I did a number of selfings & crosses with various Orchidioides. The U. campbelliana selfed seeds were the most robust of all - they had close to 100% germination.** All seeds were spread 50:50 on chopped live LFS or sterile cotton pads (like people use to remove makeup). The surface on which they were sown made no difference in germination. ** the 100% germination was achieved here in my basement grow area by immediately planting the seeds after harvest. The seeds that were shipped to other growers (even just 2 days in the mail system) had 0% germination. This was also my experience when ordering seeds from Tobias (as well as other Orchidioides seed from South America). After looking at my experiences, in the future I would ask Orchidioides seed shippers to pack the seed in moist paper towels (or similar) to avoid death by desiccation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Kulig Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hi Ron, you mean, seeds of orchioides should be shipped moist? best regards Tobias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 you mean, seeds of orchioides should be shipped moist? Yup - based on my experiences, I suspect that would work better than shipping dry. Years ago, Pyro & Barry did a giveaway with U. humboldtii seeds. They were shipped successfully in moist paper towels - I believe this would also work for the other Orchidioides. I was amazed that both of the experienced growers that I sent campby seed to had zero germinations when I had 100%. Also - you can imagine my disappointment that I couldn't get one U. unifolia seed to germinate when I know the seeds were freshly taken from the plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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