Smallest waterlily saved from extinction

DelawareJim · Post by **DelawareJim** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:43 pm

News about Nymphaea thermarum:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/e ... 130157.ece

http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Nymphaea-thermarum.htm

http://www.watergardenersinternational. ... lery1.html

I've got just the place for one of these...

Cheers.
Jim

SCMurphy · Post by **SCMurphy** » Wed May 19, 2010 4:55 pm

They didn't say that they tried tissue culture.

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Wed May 19, 2010 8:02 pm

i enojoyed reading the first article a lot! is good to know they saved it

DelawareJim · Post by **DelawareJim** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:30 am

SCMurphy wrote:They didn't say that they tried tissue culture.

With the few plants they had left, I don't think they were willing to take the risk. Although Kew now has 20 plus plants in their collection, I do think it's time to provide 1 or 2 plants to a TC lab.

I'm thinking about trying to obtain some seed on behalf of my contacts with the U. S. Botanic Garden and Longwood (with a few for myself as a "handling charge").

Cavan; any chance you can work on your Smithsonian contacts?

Cheers.
Jim

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:20 pm

Hey, I can TC it. Give me the USBG contract.

SCMurphy · Post by **SCMurphy** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:07 pm

Jim they can start the tissue culture with seeds, in fact that is probably the easiest way to start a culture.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:09 pm

You mean "ghazanfar" can start the tissue culture with seeds.

SCMurphy wrote:Jim they can start the tissue culture with seeds, in fact that is probably the easiest way to start a culture.

Smallest waterlily saved from extinction

Smallest waterlily saved from extinction

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