Willy's TC Journey

[WillyCKH]

Ex-plant culture, U. sandersonii! 10 days old culture, no sign of either infection or growth. Leaf color is still healthy green so I'm feeling hopeful.

 

[housepet]

That one is a gem Willy.

 

[WillyCKH]

D. gigantea

 

[WillyCKH]

This 3D printed scalpel is really useful.

 

[WillyCKH]

Going to need more containers!

 

[Dogrem]

Waw !
You'll start a business of in vitro CP ?!

 

[WillyCKH]

It's mainly for fun and learning new things

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I just got 8 bottles ready for Orchid seeds.

 

[WillyCKH]

Nice! What kind of Orchid?

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

H2O sent me a whole bunch of Disa's. I'm going to try to be super careful as I've gotten a lot of mould lately-it's always the same species of mould, too.

 

[WillyCKH]

Byblis has grown quite a bit. It is now transferred to a mason jar

 

[WillyCKH]

The first successful ex-plant culture, U. sandersonii

D. gigantea is growing tap roots from the leafs, which will become tubers given time.

 

[WillyCKH]

Here are some photos that I've taken today. Most cultures were doing pretty well when I was gone for the trip.

Drosera rubrifolia

D. gigantea is one of my favorites.

Cephalotus is forming a ball... Should be able to divide it after a few more weeks.

D. roseana, I really hope this one grows well because roseana is my favorite pygmy sundew.

Drosera (ordensis x aff. brevicornis) x broomensis, it's gonna be a beautiful plant!

D. spatulata 'Giant'

D. finlaysoniana

And a list of what I have right now...
Cephalotus follicularis
Darlingtonia californica
Dionaea muscipula 'B52'
Dionaea muscipula 'Red Dragon'
Drosera (ordensis x aff. brevicornis) x broomensis
Drosera aliciae
Drosera capensis 'Red'
Drosera gigantea
Drosera meristocaulis
Drosera prolifera
Drosera pygmaea
Drosera roseana
Drosera rotundifolia
Drosera rubrifolia
Drosera serpens
Drosera spatulata 'Giant'
Drosera spatulata var. bakoensis
Heliamphora minor
Nepenthes burkei
Nepenthes hookeriana
Nepenthes rafflesiana x gracilis
Utricularia sandersonii

 

[Dogrem]

Great!
Can you take a picture of your Darlingtonia please?
And you do not have some Dionea? Or you are focused on Drosera ?

 

[WillyCKH]

I only have B52 and Red dragon for VFT so far, haven't gotten around making or collecting more cultures.

Nepenthes singalana

Dionaea muscipula 'Red Dragon'

Darlingtonia californica

 

[Dogrem]

Thanks

 

[WillyCKH]

Things have been keeping me quite busy. I'm glad that these plants don't need much of my attention!

 

[EP31]

I forgot to check this thread for a bit and now I'm just floored. This is really amazing, Willy!

 

[WillyCKH]

Lots of things going on in the mini lab...

This plant is a monster. It has eaten most of the jelly!

Look at the massive root system!

These plants are grown from the same batch of seeds... Who said gene doesn't matter?

One of them actually growth downwards, haha.

 

[WillyCKH]

More photos!
H. minor had some setback after arriving here, but after a few months it is starting to grow at a good rate.

The biggest Drosera I have in vitro cultures.

A Sarracenia seedling

I love this D. gigantea...

A big Nep

A ball of Nep

VFT B52 Ball

Cephalotus Ball

Now this is a challenging one. P. filifolia, received as an infected culture, had to dealt with it many times, and this remaining culture seems to be under control...
My goal is to grow it out as much as possible before having to extract the plant. Hopefully the fungus is contained with the ppm addition.