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Post by neophyte on Sept 4, 2008 22:03:05 GMT -5
Several days past christmas my true love gave to me, a B-52 and a D. paradoxa that Rick was kind enough to include as a prezzie. Both plants have survived and thrived despite being left by the mailman on the front step in January. Initially Fingers, the D. paradoxa, was content to grow leaves radially from an apical growth point, much like a palm tree. Over the last few months he's taken to growing leaves from lateral growth points as well. Sorry about the poor quality of the pic. What you're looking at is one of the lateral growth points viewed end on. The main stem is behind it. This is the largest of four lateral growth points that have appeared recently. So what are these? Is this just normal growth for a D. paradoxa, some odd effect of culture vigour, or is Fingers giving birth? The Fingerlings don't seem to bother him but should I clip them off and plant them separately? Thanx, Sean
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Post by lloyd on Sept 4, 2008 22:11:14 GMT -5
Mine did the same thing (then I managed to kill it off).
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Post by neophyte on Sept 22, 2008 18:27:13 GMT -5
Well, since I don't know any better I've clipped off the largest of Fingers' fingerlings and have planted it in standard CP mix. I'll keep you posted on Thumb's progress.
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Post by neophyte on Oct 21, 2008 6:11:45 GMT -5
Well, a month later the shoot that I clipped off and planted is thriving. I left it under a bottle terrarium to keep humidity up while it rooted and gave it a dab of IBA rooting powder before planting it. The parent plant seems unaffected.
It's sending up new growth and producing dew on its traps. Whatever these shoots are supposed to be for, they work well for vegetative reproduction. One down, six more to go.
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