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Woolly Nipple Cactus 16 Mammillaria nivosa Tall Orchid Encyclia altissima 50+ Seed: cleaned by squashing fruits on newspaper and rubbing until dry. 30+ Lift mature plants with root Seeds sprinkled onto pressed, moistened perlite in tray germinate nearly 100% after 6 days when covered in plastic and kept moist but protected from rain and disturbance. Plantlets rot if too moist. Seeds sprinkled on ProMix/ beach sand mixture germinate more slowly and erratically but seed to produce fewer plants but of more stable, healthy quality. Pot up into 3 gal, pots with leaf litter, JNCC- RESCUE AND COLLECTION OF ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION/Project Completion Report/DECR-TCIG carefully controls this problem. Overwatering due to unusually rainy dry season led to root rot in some specimens; species requires protection from excess watering. Fine perlite may prove better as coarse variety sometimes loses seeds or plantlets into gaps between grains. Uncovered trays that get rain on them lost nearly all plantlets because of looseness and lightness of perlite. Covered trays sealed too tightly in plastic suffered losses due to fungus. Best method found is to hover clear plastic cover about 1 inch over trays to allow air flow but stabilise humidity and keep rain off. CITES APP II CITES App II
17 humus and photophyte if possible Red Orchid Encyclia rufa 1 Lift mature plants with root humus and photophyte if Stinking Pea Root West Indian Mahogany Sacred Lignum Vitae Ateleia gummifera Swietenia mahagoni Guaiacum sanctum possible water amply. Pot up into 3 gal, pots with leaf litter, water amply. 16 Seeds Seeds planted in moist ProMix germinate with high success rate within 9 days. Plants grow rapidly into 2” seedlings and harden off to form tiny woody trunks 1000+ Seeds collected, cleaned (wing removed), then refrigerated for 1-4 months. 300+ Seeds cleaned of arils by rubbing between screen in water within 4 months. Seeds planted densely in deep trays in used ProMix. Seeds sprouted within 12 days and were uppotted (tap roots trimmed) when they had several leaves. Seeds planted one seed’s length deep into moist ProMix. Seeds sprouted within 21 days and JNCC- RESCUE AND COLLECTION OF ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION/Project Completion Report/DECR-TCIG Until woody trunks are formed, mealybugs and woolly aphids can be troublesome. Round black scale insect infested leaves until controlled. Root growth slow. High germination rate and growth success. When regularly uppotted, trees up to 0.5 m can be produced in 4 months. Plants also respond tolerably to stunting in small pots, but leaf burn can be a problem. CITES App II IUCN Endangered IUCN Endangered, CITES App II High germination rate. IUCN Endangered, CITES App II
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