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That is a really cool plant.
Pass the scalpel please Igor
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Jared77
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That's wild!
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Very early on in this thread I have photos of a gardenia that was multiplying. This is one of the plants that I separated and rooted; if you look closely the roots are visible in the gel. Next week I will pot this plant and begin acclimating it to live outside of the jar. Right now it is a miniature version of the donor plant, but it will begin growing normally once acclimated. For perspective, these are baby food jars.
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The Gardenia veitchii project has been completed. From a small, less than half inch, piece of the donor plant, I have four nice gardenia plants. I could have had many more, but I do not have space for dozens of gardenia plants. Fascinating process indeed.
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@jackb , thanks so much for sharing the process with us. I wouldn't have had any idea how cloning could be done by a gardener without a fancy lab until you showed us. 
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Too cool for words.....
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Sums it up perfectly
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On a recent trip to Vermont we saw a beautiful bougainvillia plant, but it was really expensive, so I decided to try to grow one from seed. Finding the seeds was a challenge, however I found some and on 7/24/14 I planted one in culture. So far, so good.
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Jack. Do you want a cutting of mine? I have the old standby pink. 25 plus years old and gives a beautiful show every winter. If you want some message me your address.
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Cat,
I appreciate the offer but I am completely out of room for more plants. As for Bougainvillea, I have three plants, several seeds in process and two nodes in tissue culture. And, I have seven olive cuttings that have actually rooted and are just about ready to be placed in the greenhouse. That is just the new plants that I have to accommodate, and I was about at peak before I even started fooling with them. Thanks for thinking of me though I really appreciate the offer.
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I appreciate the offer but I am completely out of room for more plants. As for Bougainvillea, I have three plants, several seeds in process and two nodes in tissue culture. And, I have seven olive cuttings that have actually rooted and are just about ready to be placed in the greenhouse. That is just the new plants that I have to accommodate, and I was about at peak before I even started fooling with them. Thanks for thinking of me though I really appreciate the offer.
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