Re: FW: Taccas

["Dr. Joseph Arditti" <jarditti@UCI.EDU>]

At 08:58 PM 10-10-05, you wrote:
I do not know anything about Tacca, not even what Tacca is (I think that
there us an airline by that name in Centarl or South America) However I do
know that multiplication of orchids can be improved in liquid medium which
contains up to 150 ml coconut water/liter. Maybe this will help.

Joseph Arditti
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr. William Henderson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:55 AM
> To: 'Karina'
> Subject: RE: Taccas
>
>
> Hello Karina,
>
> Tried to reply to  your email but it keeps bouncing back. Try contacting
> Ross Bourne at the University of Queensland Tissue Culture Laboratory at
> Gatton. He was growing Tacca very successfully and should be prepared to
> help. Now Cedar Hill ............... is that where Shaun O'Brien is
> ................ if so then he knows Ross and the crew at Gatton very well
> ................. tell him to contact Ross or Julie for the information.
> Hope that helps ................ I have forgotten what media was used.
>
> Cheers
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karina [mailto:karina@cedarhill.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:22 PM
> To: William Henderson
> Subject: Taccas
>
> G'day Bill,
>
> I have some taccas in culture though are not multiplying. If you have any
> media recipes or ideas to increase multiplication rates, it would be
> greatly appreciated if you could forward to me.
>
> Thanks Karina

Dr. Joseph Arditti, Professor Emeritus
University of California, Irvine, CA 92604
E-mail: jarditti@uci.edu