N. sanguinea seedlings

[shawnintland]

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.





And with the Platycerium prothallia visable;






Thanks again - you know who you are!