rescue and collection of endemic and endangered plant species for
rescue and collection of endemic and endangered plant species for
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Frenning’s<br />
Gum Elemi<br />
11<br />
Bursera<br />
frenningae<br />
79 Seed: collected<br />
in 2008 <strong>and</strong><br />
stored. Planted<br />
nearly 2 years<br />
later; seeds still<br />
had high<br />
germination<br />
rate.<br />
Seeds <strong>plant</strong>ed in<br />
used ProMix <strong>and</strong><br />
s<strong>and</strong> mixture<br />
sprouted in 24 days.<br />
JNCC- RESCUE AND COLLECTION OF ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES FOR<br />
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION/Project Completion Report/DECR-TCIG<br />
pots. New flush <strong>of</strong><br />
growth put on in<br />
December 2010; most<br />
seedlings had 3-4<br />
leaves <strong>and</strong> healthy<br />
root growth.<br />
Growth was swift;<br />
seeds <strong>plant</strong>ed 10<br />
March 2010 produced<br />
0.4 m saplings by 1<br />
December 2010.<br />
Green scale insect,<br />
aphids, <strong>and</strong><br />
mealybugs have been<br />
troublesome but easily<br />
controlled with soap<br />
spray. Plants put on a<br />
swift burst <strong>of</strong> growth<br />
when up-potted.<br />
Nursery <strong>plant</strong>s have<br />
never gone dormant<br />
due to constant<br />
watering, <strong>and</strong> are now<br />
as big as <strong>plant</strong>s grown<br />
from seed at RBG<br />
Kew from a seed<br />
<strong>collection</strong> made two<br />
years previously<br />
(under UK glasshouse<br />
conditions); <strong>and</strong> also<br />
bigger than <strong>plant</strong>s<br />
grown at the same<br />
time by B N Manco,<br />
but these <strong>plant</strong>s were<br />
TCI <strong>and</strong><br />
Bahamas<br />
Endemic
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