Hello everyone. I would like to start off by saying great site here. Now to my question. I am interested in trying to flask up some orchid seeds. I have the basic procedure down, but working out how to sterilize seeds (asked in another thread), and media to choose. I know that most use a bannana based media, and paphs use a coconut. My thing is I would like to do a one time flask. Being once I sow the seeds they stay there till they are ready to come out. I have read about people doing this, and I have talked to some people who do it this way, but I want a wide range of answer. I get conflicting info from different sources. Its like that with all orchid infor I guess. Any who. One site said that mother flasks use a media geared for germination and the re-plates use a media geared for growing. Well, this may be so, but again I say I know some people do a one time flask thing and just curious to know if anyone here does it this way. Media suggestions or recipes welcome. I really don't want to try the cornstarch media recipe I found because the aurthor said it is slow to germinate and grow, but has less contamination. Well I;m not to worried about contamination. I am pretty sure I can do the sterile things pretty well. I am a surgical tech after all and have to keep things sterile during an operation all the time. Thanks for any advice.
Sorry to be so long winded. I may have told you more than you needed to know, but I think it will be ok