Re: Selaginella spores

Hi Lizzy,

I have NOT done this with S. apoda...however with S. kraussiana...

Line a 10 cm Petri dish with a 9 cm disc of filter paper.
Moisten with 5 or 6 mL of distilled water.
Sow megaspores sparingly on the moistened paper.
Sow microspores generously over the megaspores.
Incubate under fluorescent light (NOT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT!!).
Keep moist at the same level of "free water" on the filter paper
(tilt the dish to one side to see how big the pool is...maintain never-dry
and never-drowned).

It takes a few weeks with S. kraussiana to have sporelings.

ross

On 3/10/09 12:42 PM, "Lizzy Ruszala" <Lizzy.Ruszala@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone have experience cultivating Selaginella apoda (or related
> species) from spores?  Just wondered how I'd go about doing this?
> Thanks very much!
> Best wishes,
> 
> Lizzy Ruszala.
> ----------------------
> Lizzy Ruszala
> School of Biological Sciences
> University of Bristol
> 
> Lizzy.Ruszala@bris.ac.uk
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