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Originally Posted by Ahava
I know this may sound like an oddball thing everyone. Maybe I'm just spouting nonsense but I had a thought. Do you possibly think that perhaps the reason why they tend to be hard to germinate, and the ones that have died shortly thereafter could be because of the oxygen levels at the lower elevation. I know it sounds odd, but I do know that there are some collectors who grow alpine flowers, and some sub-alpine flowers, but some just won't make it at some lower elevations no matter what people do because of the difference in the air. Some plants seem to be more sensative to such conditions compared to others.
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I'm thinking for the case of M. ingens, it is a temperature related issue. I think this because during the original studies of them, they were able to germinate the (very fresh) seeds fine at sea level, but found they could only keep them alive by bringing potted plants into air conditioning at night. This plant will be introduced to tissue culture very soon (who knows if they will be able to easily grow it though), so maybe everyone can try it out and see where it will grow, because thats the only way we will know for sure.