from tissue culture to flower?
 

Just wondering if you can fully flower a plant in tissue culture.

Re: from tissue culture to flower?
 

You placed this question in the Nepenthes section so you are asking specifically for Nepenthes? and the question is if you can keep the plant in the TC medium until it's old enough to flower?

From the limited knowledge I have with TC, Tissue Culture is the process of propagation, while maybe you meant to grow the plant "Invitro" or "within the glass" (had to look that up in wikipedia).

So maybe the question is... can you grow a plant Invitro until it flowers?

My opinion... most probably you can, but very impractical, as the plant grows you will need to transplant it to bigger glass container and also change the medium, etc. Way better to repot in normal potting mix and grow in a terrarium. The plant will be happier and you will not have too much to do.

If you are asking if you can keep the plant in it's TC Medium indefinitely, the answer is no, you will need to repot or change the medium as it will lose nutrition and also will eventually infected by molds and other microbes.

Now if we are talking about Droseras though, this probably can be easily done.

May I ask why you are asking? :)

TTFN
Arvin

Re: from tissue culture to flower?
 

Yes, my question is whether or not you can grow a plant, specifically nepenthes to flower invitro. Reason being was already stated...but it WOULD be practical for someone who wanted to be serious in hybridizing. Think about it. the tissue grows so fast invitro; yes, microbes and mold would be number one enemy, but to think you could go from tissue to flower in 2 yrs...kinda just something i think about at work to pass the time. Finding pollen when one of my plants decides to flower, even if it was one i wanted to hybridize, is to much of a hassel. But learning about tissue culture, specifying in carnivorous plants is what i am going to school for, so anyone with experience in nepenthes tissue culture that would be able to give me a little leason or too would be much appreciated, and would be rewarded with cape sundew seeds.=) i know, too generous, right? hope to find u(S)