Drosera leaf cuttings propogation
 

So far, I dont have much luck with leaf cuttings propogation, especially D. paradoxa.

Decided try my luck 1 more time. Please correct me if I did wrong. I pull D. paradoxa leaf from mother plant. And lay it flat as shown in below photo. Cover it. Put it in a bright place
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I also try to propogation some drosera leaf using water method,
D. paradoxa leaf,
D. intermedia 'cuba',
D. spatulata leaf,
D. binata var extreme
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Casey,

You'll have much better results tearing one paradoxa plant into many larger clumps of leaves instead of pulling off individual ones.

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What you means by "tearing one paradoxa plant into many larger clumps of leaves " and how do tear it? Please teach me!!! Thanx...

Because I dont have luck with leaf cutting. For D. dilatato-petiolaris, I just use knife and cut in the middle. And result is, I have 1 mother plant and 2 small plantlet... :smile: Actually, I didnt the same thing just now, pray that mother plant still survive!!!!:blush:

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I think the media for the leaf cuttings needs to be wetter. If it is not and you are using s. moss, a lot of areas on the cuttings are not touching water or media. The cuttings may die after a while. I use sphagnum peat moss mix with sand, the media that I use for the adult plants. I keep the media very wet and I cover the container completely. Usually 95%-100% survival rate with new plantlets growing.

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If that case, I will increase the water level for the pot. Looking forward for D. paradoxa forest...

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I realised from my cuttings, they are more sucessful when part of the leaf stem are also covered with media and both ends of the leaf touches water especially the base of the leaf where the white part is.

Re: Drosera leaf cuttings propogation
 

I realised from my cuttings, they are more sucessful when part of the leaf stem are also covered with media and both ends of the leaf touches water especially the base of the leaf where the white part is.

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Ic... thanx for the tip...

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Casey i don't really see the white part of your paradoxa........

Ken

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Yes, there is white part of paradoxa. Photo didnt show it... Did you successfully propagate it from leaft cutting before?

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NEWBIE HERE :p Nop sorry just a little thing i read about....

Ken

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Update!!!!!

I have 2 paradoxa plantlet from the leaf that lay flat in spagnum moss. hurray!!!

For water method, Drosera that produce plantlet is,
D. intermedia 'cuba' --> all leaf produce plantlet, each leaf have 1 ~ 3 plantlet
D. binata --> 1 out of 2 leaf produce plantlet, each leaf have 4 plantlet
The most happy success story is --> D. paradoxa!!! I have 2 leaf in water and 1 produce plantlet!!!

D. intermedia 'cuba' leaf in water
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D. paradoxa
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Grats KC............Anyways i received your seeds..

Ken

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Great that you receive it...

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Just a reminder, you can also use the flower stalks to generate new plants! This is especially useful on those hybrids that are sterile, but flower profusely, such as D. hybrida (= D. filiformis x D. intermedia), D. beliziana (= D. intermedia x D. rotundifolia) and D. obovata (= D. anglica x D. rotundifolia), and many will still produce new plants even after the seed has been harvested. - Rich :1thumbup:

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Like that also can???!!! Cool!!!! :1thumbup: Next time, we can put the whole plant to water and see which part will generate plantlet...

Thanx for sharing!!!!:wub:

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Casey, petiolaris complex plants propagate better if you tear the whole plant into clumps i.e. a bunch of several leaves attached together as opposed to individual leaves.

What worked very well for me..

D. petiolaris
D. paradoxa
D. broomensis
D. derbyensis

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Really useful info you guys, thanks a lot! Most of my seedlings are starting to get big enough to see with the naked eye now so perhaps in a month or two I'll be able to try this out on a larger scale! By the way, I started planting various Drosea species in plug trays (1" round cells of 105 cells per tray) filled with various mixes as tests. I tried to go heavy on the sand as everyone says this helps with algae growth. Well, it must have helped the algae a lot :crying: as I have so much it's coating the media surface of about half the cells! The plug trays have been sitting in cookie sheet type trays which I flood from the bottom occasionally. I've been keeping them very wet as that's what I thought they liked, but this algae growth is a real problem. Any experiences you can share would be appreciated!
~Shawn :2thumbup:

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So,you can just pop them into the water?Won't the water become gooey?

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Hi...Just a thought after they sprout like those pic you guys post how do you put it in a pot>????? When will it root?

Ken

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Yea... From experiment, agree with what Cindy and others said. But, what I did is, I use knife :shy:. For D. petiolaris, I cut it to 2, but, try to make sure the mother plant have root attached. Then replant the mother and the "cut". End result is, I have 3 plant totally.

If that happen, change water...



Use tweester to replant it together with mother leaf. Cover the pot.

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Okay, I tried some D. binata 'Multifada Extreme' leaf cuttings in water (cut on March 18, 09) and just checked the results (April 9, 09);

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...d/IMG_2888.jpg

The browned out ones are pieces of leaf stem, just as an experiment. The wider top portion of the leaf (with the sticky glands) seems to do much, much better!
*biggrin2*

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HI all


I am trying these methods due to a recent aphid attack which I need to throw the parent plants away.

My question is :

After cutting the leaves and leaving in media and water, I covered the tub with a lid. How long do I leave the tub covered? I mean, i see water droplets forming now.. Can I open and check etc?

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No need to throw away the entire parent plant, just rinse off the old media from the roots, and rinse off the aphids as best as you can, and submerge the entire plant in shallow distilled water, and soon it will recover and produce small plants on their leaves and even roots. A quarantine separation from the rest of your plants for a few weeks like this should be adequate. - Rich

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Thanks for the advice. How long does one need to submerge the entire plant to get rid of the aphids?