What a better way to celebrate Earth Day then by bringing home two lovely African Violet plants. Why do they look weird, as if they're molding you ask? Well I grew them in a plant tissue culture for Cell Biology actually. Basically, they're clones. I extracted the cells from an existing African Violet plant and placed them in a medium rich petri dish. Similar like the picture below. However, because the medium is rich, bacterial and mold contaminations will grow easily if introduced into the culture. That is why this whole process was performed with meticulous sterile techniques. BAM! 11 weeks later, we have these little leaflets; which will grow into a big African Violet house plant. Hopefully like the picture below.
(example of a plant tissue culture)
(one day it will look like this)
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