DIY - guide to orchid propagation!

[Moosecakes]

Lizzy, i am working on my flasking project at my university right now and my professor has me keep my sterilized, but not yet "sown" flasks in the refrigerator. Good luck!

[Lizzy]

Oh, thanks so much! Have fun in your class!
-Lizzy

[aarti]

thank you for posting your experiments and pictures. I would love to see some recent pictures. Please i am very curious how everything turned out. And again thank you.

[catasetum-ian]

very informative and nicely done....will try it out with the doritis seed pods i had waiting outside. but how do we tell the seed pod is ready to be harvested. i notice the phal seed pods that you used is still green in color. thanks

[orchidaddict789]

That is so interesting! Someday I'm going to try it. I've seen pictures of little orchid protocorms growing all over the surface of the agar. So cool!

[Danny Enriquez]

Very informative; a must reading for beginners like me Thanks for sharing

[hannah]

christian did u ever manage to germinate baby orchids from this? am keen to find out as will follow your guidance if you did!

[gim]

Thanks folks for the pictures as you work through the whole process. I'm just mad about plants but need to tinker so much that I worry them to death sometimes. I also love the thinking about what will come from nothing - so the seed process is just what will keep me going through the winter. It doesn't take up much space, there are plenty of cheap seeds ---. And I can dream. So, how long does it take to see any action? Can people post what it looks like once it starts to germinate? I grew adenium seeds last year and they germinate overnight. Very satisfying to see the speed of growth. I did try maple tree seeds, but they did not take at all.

[kristinal]

Hi,
I had read your very descriptive guide. Thank you very much for the clear intrustions and pictures. It is very helpfull. I have a green pod that going to be due very soon. It was polinated by the bees I think. I had try to sow a orchid seed before and fail badly. I'm going to try again after reading your intruction; however if you don't mind let me know what kind of lighting do you use to keep the seed after sowing so it can grow. I read before that it need to be in light for at least 8 hrs a day and the rest is complete darkness. Is it sound right to you? If you don't mind sharing your experience on that part. Thank you in advance.

[Frankco]

Hi All, I enjoyed the thread. Keep it going! I'm always looking for ways to improve on things and your posts are very helpful. I became interested in flasking orchids about 3 years ago. It took a lot of reading, some great advice to get going but of course with something like this the learning never ends:-) Everyone has their own methods and whatever works should be considered the best!

Thanks again everyone for the helpful info in the thread.
Frank