And thanks Wookii for the links. I’ll give them a go.
And thanks Wookii for the links. I’ll give them a go.
There is some discussion of this in <"Tissue Culture">.I can add the ultimate need for highly sterile production facilities
Understood.I am actually not really able to go in to this discussion in deep........sorry.
In the hobby there is a huge demand for Bucephalandra of the many varieties, which the European nurseries aren’t meeting. For anyone that wants varieties beyond the limited selection from European nurseries, there are two choices:
Firstly, they can import Bucephalandra that has been taken from the wild. This provides inconsistent plants, as suppliers name their plants at their own discretion and taking from the wild threatens the slow growing populations.
And second, if you wish to take a more sustainable approach, the only option is to search far and wide for a fellow hobbyists who grows the variety you want in their aquariums, but they are few and far between and don’t produce a significant volume of plants. A possible solution to this, is tissue culture, but no one else seems to be doing it.
Does anyone know of where I should be looking, to find a tissue culture lab willing to work with a small player like me to produce a small quantity of tissue culture Bucephalandra?
Does anyone know what initial quantity of plant stock one would need for producing a quantity of explants?
Has anyone ever worked for or with a tissue culture lab who could share some potentially useful information?
Finally, what sort of costs might I be looking at?
I have a feeling some of these questions might be impossible to answer, but I’ll try anyway.
I might be out of my depth, but I think this would be a great thing for the hobby.
Thanks a lot.
I think we are all interested in the out-come of your experiment.I added some pictures on the setup, maybe this info will make you wonder whether tissue culture is necessary for your goal or not.
I also wondered on how to make the trade in bucephalandra a sustainable one with less impact on the environment. I started buying just a bunch of rhizomes and putting them in a 50L shallow storage box.
I added some pictures on the setup, maybe this info will make you wonder whether tissue culture is necessary for your goal or not. (also note the labels within the box).
Kind regards
I'd love to see more on this - on the set-up, your progress over time, and any issues encountered. Have you set up a thread on it - if not, it might be worth doing one?