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Old 12th July 2008, 09:03 PM
shawnintland shawnintland is offline
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Default N. sanguinea seedlings

Another gift from forumers; Here's the seedlings of N. sanguinea that have popped and been transplanted into their very own grow cells. With my hot, lowland conditions I wasn't sure they'd even germinate but that part turned out to be no problem! However, it seems that while I was transplanting one of the grow trays a gust of wind blew spores from the waiting-in-the-wings project - a platycerium ready to drop it's spores - right into the grow tray of sanguinea seedings! Now it's a race to see who crowds out who!

As I mentioned before - this was my first attempt at HL seedlings and I discovered a new growth pattern I hadn't know before; The N. sanguinea seeds emerge roots first and then a few days later the husk falls off revealing the leaves. It leads me to believe that you have to keep a close eye on them if you want to seperate them and transplant before they crowd each other, otherwise the young roots are already deep into the media.

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And with the Platycerium prothallia visable;
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Thanks again - you know who you are!
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