cheap, & all plant connoiseurs can have one. For ordinary folks, maybe
the tissue culture people can irradiate things so that those untidy roots don't
grow. That will remind them of the extinct Rain Forest from which it
came. I am glad that Denis didn't sacrifice the
mother plant he has cared for so long. Jolly Hockeysticks! This is a
good ending & everybody can have what they
want.
Tamarin
----- Original Message -----
From:
Scott Lucas
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:56
AM
Subject: P. spiritus-sancti
Responding to Denis' recent post: for tissue
culture purposes you do not need to sacrifice the apical meristem since
successful propagation can be had by culturing young leaf tissue.
I would tend to agree with Denis' comments
on ease of culture via soil as this plant is most epiphytic, with wide-ranging
aerial roots that would not provide for a tidy subject in the formal
parlor!
Scott
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