Tissue culture has several stages and rooting is one of them. We can often skip rooting in vitro by putting plantlets on a moist or wet substrate. Some plants do better on perlite or sand but some will start on potting mix. This saves time and resources skipping a step …
Read More »Cryptocoryne thwaitesii Sri Lanka Biotope Habitat
Cryptocoryne thwaitesii grows in the stable watershed that springs out from the deep forest. The natural growth method is very special and it is not growing in the whole stream, but it seems that a small number of plants are growing only in a very narrow range of meters below …
Read More »Bucephalandra Propagation and Conservation Efforts
First of all I just want to say is this just to my research I’ve also learned from some people and gather the knowledge. I live in Indonesia in West Borneo, the part of the world where buce just lives in our place. It is very beautiful, rare, and interesting. …
Read More »Removing Glue From Glass Jars
Removing Glass Label Adhesives I like to use glass jars for my projects for several reasons. Storing chemicals, keeping mosses or emersed aquatic plants, or making a terrarium. They are readily available and easy to find. They have all sorts of lids, shapes, and sizes that come in handy for …
Read More »Aroid Houseplants Buce and Aridarum?
Today I received some of my supplies to get back into potting and propagating plants. I bought a few carnivorous plants from fellow hobbyist and needed to pot them up. Sarracenia flava varieties, a drosera, and a Venus fly trap got unwrapped and potted up for the balcony. The wife …
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