Hi there! I studied plant propagation via tissue culture in grad school, and I think this sounds like something you ought to be able to do; I think you'll have greatest success if you make sure your sections include a bit of meristematic tissue - either the apical tip were new leaf shoots would be forming, or root tip....usually you need to have meristematic cells w/ the ability to reproduce into various types of cells in order for the cut sections to actually grow.

Since you did say that you put the entire seeding into flask, I think it ought to do well - if you do decide to take it out and section it, just make sure you've got some meristematic tissue in your sections and you'll be reproducing orchid babies before you know it!!

To my knowledge, orchids are not like begonias....what I mean by that is, if you take a begonia leaf and cut small squares of it (squares that include a section of the central leaf vascular tissue that runs down the center of the leaf) and place it into sterile culture, you'll actually get small plants that start to grow on the edges of the cut near the central vascular vein....but I don't think orchids will do this, unfortunately...at least I've never seen it done, but never say never! :-)


Hope that helps! If you need any more help, feel free to PM me!

~Becky