Post by lamentime on Jun 8, 2008 12:25:20 GMT 8
Hay guys. I'm looking for some advice on starting a tissue culture line.
What I want to do is firstly create a very easy, very vigorous Nepenthes hybrid. Not quite my ideal, but I am in the midst of crossing N. burkeii x venticosa with the super hardy ventricosa k, which should yield some extremely easy plants with nice variation in shape and color.
Then, I want to be able to put some seeds into tissue culture. How do I go about doing this, and what are the probable costs? Do I need a whole lab, or can I do this at home?
Then, once I have a tc line established, I'll need to grow out the clones and see which one are favorable to keep. Whatever I keep I want to hopefully introduce into the mass market, and sell them the same way ventratas are. Ventratas have their status as the most common grocery store Nepenthes because of their ease of growth. While (burkeii x ventricosa) x ventricosa K isn't a super interesting cross, to the average consumer with a passing interest in carnivorous plants, they should be more interesting, nicer looking, and possibly easier growing than a ventrata. So that'll hopefully give the cross room to form a niche of its own.
That is, however, later down the line. My immediate focus is on how do I start out with tissue culture? All advice is greatly appreciated
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What I want to do is firstly create a very easy, very vigorous Nepenthes hybrid. Not quite my ideal, but I am in the midst of crossing N. burkeii x venticosa with the super hardy ventricosa k, which should yield some extremely easy plants with nice variation in shape and color.
Then, I want to be able to put some seeds into tissue culture. How do I go about doing this, and what are the probable costs? Do I need a whole lab, or can I do this at home?
Then, once I have a tc line established, I'll need to grow out the clones and see which one are favorable to keep. Whatever I keep I want to hopefully introduce into the mass market, and sell them the same way ventratas are. Ventratas have their status as the most common grocery store Nepenthes because of their ease of growth. While (burkeii x ventricosa) x ventricosa K isn't a super interesting cross, to the average consumer with a passing interest in carnivorous plants, they should be more interesting, nicer looking, and possibly easier growing than a ventrata. So that'll hopefully give the cross room to form a niche of its own.
That is, however, later down the line. My immediate focus is on how do I start out with tissue culture? All advice is greatly appreciated
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