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Jan 2011 Bahamas Archipelago and Turks and Caicos Islands Endemic Plants Nash’s Marsilea nashii 2 Lifting of living Planted into 4” pots Pepperwort clump divisions in ProMix and from mud into rested up to pot plastic bags with water. collar in fresh water. Nakedback Spurge 6 Euphorbia gymnonota 7 Seeds (mature and nearly mature) and lifting small plants Seeds planted 2x depth of seed in ProMix and covered in plastic to keep moisture consistent germinate in 11 days with low success; seed maturity may have been a problem. JNCC- RESCUE AND COLLECTION OF ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION/Project Completion Report/DECR-TCIG Plants recover quickly from division and relocation and become tough-wiry, robust, and lush quickly in nursery. Divisions recover quickly even when roughly torn apart. Spores are produced but no visible evidence of these bringing forth new plants in nursery. Nearly all relocated plants die – roots even on tiny seedlings are enormous and deep. All attempts to use cuttings failed; others have reported success with 4-6” cuttings in damp sand. Seeds often infested with grubs and must be completely mature to grow. Damping-off a significant problem until roots are wellestablished; water from bottom only. TCI and Bahamas Endemic TCI and Bahamas Endemic
Wilson’s Pinweed Spurge 7 Euphorbia lecheoides Haulbark Thouinia discolor Millspaugh’s Century Plant Agave millspaughii 3 Seeds Seeds sprinkled on sand/ ProMix mixture sprouted in 10-15 days. 4 Seeds Seeds sprinkled on ProMix and lightly covered sprouted in 10 days with extremely high germination rate but many damped-off early. 21 Plantlets Young plants collected from flowering talks of dying plants (this species apparently does not produce JNCC- RESCUE AND COLLECTION OF ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION/Project Completion Report/DECR-TCIG Seedlings are potted up in pots with limestone gravel in bottom, which seems to assist in drainage and root protection. Plants frequently lose lower leaves when uppotted but put on fresh growth quickly. Difficult to keep plants in “pampered” nursery setting – plants grow leggy and decumbent possibly from low light and heat and too much water. Plants flower within 5 months. Damping-off was a problem until plants had several leaves, at which point their growth slowed markedly. Up-potting encourages quicker growth. Able to withstand culture in cell tray for quite a long time; restriction of root mass slows but does not halt plant growth. TCI and Bahamas Endemic TCI and Bahamas Endemic TCI and Bahamas Endemic
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