In Vitro reversion? Crypt sindoor

[LeoBerg]

Evening aquachaps and aquachapettes.

A question for those more in the know about in vitro plant cultures. Could a Crypt wendtii variety revert to wild type in the cup?
Honestly i'm not a vitro fan but I am determined to get the Sindoor going! 😠 3 melty tubs in and then this little bruiser started battling his way through in the first picture! You can see the remains of the rest of the batch a quivering mess next to it.

However am i I being too hopefull and is this more likely a reversion to good old wendtii? Or do we have a winner?
Second picture shows cup 2 still holding on for dear life for comparison.
Thoughts would be greatly appreciated 👍

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Evening aquachaps and aquachapettes.

I like that.

A question for those more in the know about in vitro plant cultures. Could a Crypt wendtii variety revert to wild type in the cup?

Only if it was a "chimera", a plant that is a mix of genetic material. This common for variegated plants etc. The scenario would be that only one of the strains of genetic material has survived and regrown.

Honestly i'm not a vitro fan but I am determined to get the Sindoor going! 😠 3 melty tubs in and then this little bruiser started battling his way through in the first picture! You can see the remains of the rest of the batch a quivering mess next to it.

I think in vitro Cryptocoryne spp. are particularly problematic.

Cheers Darrel

 

[Maf 2500]

Looks chimera-ish to me from pics, from Cryptocoryne Wendtii Sindoor UNS Tissue Culture:

 

[bazz]

3 melty tubs in and then this little bruiser started battling his way through in the first picture! You can see the remains of the rest of the batch a quivering mess next to it.

How long have they been planted, is there any new growth, difficult to tell from the photo?
I've had great success with in vitro Crypts by letting them break the water surface for a couple of months but only with the more common varieties, three attempts at Albida Red ended in failure. I think most of more extravagant varieties are notoriously difficult to get going especially if they have fiddled with.

A question for those more in the know about in vitro plant cultures. Could a Crypt wendtii variety revert to wild type in the cup?

Of the science I have no knowledge, but the thing is with Crypts as you may well know, they can range in morphology from what can appear to be two entirely different plants and be anywhere in between depending on the environment, substrate, light, water parameters, CO2, flow, fertz etc, it's unlikely any two of us will provide the exact same conditions, you will have to wait and see what you produce if successful (which I hope you are).
Good luck, and watching with interest.

 

[Courtneybst]

three attempts at Albida Red ended in failure.

I had the same experience. I actually managed to get it growing on the first attempt but then I got too big for my boots and tried to move it...