Cryptocoryne Blog

It’s been a while since I posted anything – its just been real busy lately. I figured I had to put up a quick little update on my tissue culture…

Although I’ve always been a little interested in micropropagation, my recent obession with Cryptocoryne is what pushed me into actually trying it out. Cryptocoryne are not exactly fast growing plants….

Back in October of 09,  a friend of mine, Kai Terukuni, went collecting in Lingga island in Indonesia. Among some of the crypts he found and collected was one he…

I spent a couple of hours this week catching up on the recent discussions on the Home Tissue Culture Yahoo Group. The Yahoo group, albeit hard to navigate through, is…

Recently, I was copied on an email from Claus Kettner in which he describes adding a water pump to his crypt setup. Google translates the email as follows: Dear Friends,…

I’m starting to play around with YouTube videos on my blog. Here’s the first one showing me taking a clump of Lagenandra meeboldii out of culture before transfering it into…

Due to popular demand, I’ve written up a series of articles on Micropropagation of Cryptocoryne. This is the first of a series of articles to come. Introduction Micropropagation is a…

I’ve gotten enough L. meeboldi going invitro to start taking some out. This is right out of Stage 2. The plants had already started to develop small roots since the…

I know a number of crypt enthusiasts follow this blog, so I figured it’d be easiest to post my request right here. If you go out and visit wild populations…