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Ben Belton · Post by **Ben Belton** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:49 pm

I have some growth on the A-V, but I can't remember what the name of that plant was.

Judi · Post by **Judi** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:15 am

I now have mold on my P. palustris. Sigh.

kerokero · Post by **kerokero** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:17 pm

I don't know which is which for the stems, but both are showing growth... one much more than the other (the one I mentioned earlier curving upward at both ends has distinct leaves). Can someone post the names up so I can label them?

The AVs have done nothing for me... one curled a little bit, both are showing black edges (thinking back I probably didn't cut the ends off after bleaching them). The two species of orchid seed are the same as ever. My jewel orchid stem is still floating around in the PPM and shows one node that may be new growth given time.

I'm suprised at the lack of contamination!

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:18 pm

My ideii cultures are still plugging along slowly. The AV cultures are starting to show little green bumps. The Anubias 'Gold' cultures continue to grow more mold (big surprise there:))

SCMurphy · Post by **SCMurphy** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:30 am

What color is your Mold?

Ben Belton · Post by **Ben Belton** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:15 am

My Anubias now has bacteria growing on it.

Sonny Disposition · Post by **Sonny Disposition** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:19 pm

That kept happening to my Douglas fir cultures all the time. That's just one of the reasons I'm a writer instead of a genetic engineer. I'm better off, and so is the world.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:45 pm

SCMurphy wrote:What color is your Mold?

Most is white fuzzy stuff. Some is black / dark bluish.

marydotson · Post by **marydotson** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:39 am

I'm catching up here...and we're having some success to report, especially on the aquatic plants. Click the thumbnails below to embiggen them.

First...unknown aquatic specimen #1 (I never found out which plant was which when we got the samples). It has one rather large plantlet:

Second, unknown aquatic specimen #2--it has a series of small plantlets:

Aquatic specimen #3 is hardest to photograph, but a small nubbin has emerged on the top of the stem:

Finally, it appears the orchid seeds may be emergent, but it's too small to see. Here, you can see that the seed is built up in a layer that is slightly brownish on the left side:

No real signs of contamination, except for one of the jars she used without sterile procedures when demonstrating to the class. Amazingly, one of these jars seems to be clean, nevertheless. Finally, nothing is growing on the African Violets, except one flopped over in its jar on the way home and I don't know if it's working.

TTYL!

Mary

marydotson · Post by **marydotson** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:30 pm

Update!

My orchids (the stuff that was brown) last week is still too small to be visible, but it is a pretty greenish liquid. Several of the african violets have nubbins, including (crazily enough) one cast off by the instructor as done under unsterile conditions (the demos she did out of the hooded environment. Aquatic specimens 1&2 are going great--#1 has new plantlets and #2 has root growth showing. The nubbin viewed in specimen #3 is a little bigger, but it still isn't green. A few haven't shown any change.

I'll post photos shortly...

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