Orchid Flasking - Part 1 (2011)

How to flask orchid seeds. Everyone who flasks orchids has their own method and I'm sure you will change your method from this one. Hopefully, these videos will help you get started. It's easy, fun and rewarding.

Join the discussion on the Home Plant Tissue Culture forum.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hometissueculture

You can find supples at the Home Plant Tissue Culture Group's site.
http://www.hometissueculture.org

And the Orchid Seedbank Project for seeds and supplies
http://members.cox.net/ahicks51/osp

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Orchid
• Flasking
• Orchids
• Seeds
• Germination
• Micropropagation
• Plant
• Tissue
• Culture
• Nursery

[potion789456]

i thought i read somewhere you could actually get orchid plants from other plant parts, like tip of flower bud, or tip of fresh shoot, when you put into the agar medium. i havent tried it yet, do you think it works?

[fbt2007]

@potion789456 Yes you can. It's a rather slow process at first. Multiplying orchids from imature flower stalks is commonly done. Very young leaves, before they develop a notch at the end have been used also. After the leaves mature the cells in them no longer have the capacity to multiply, at least no one has figured out how to get them to.

[nativeorchids101]

Whats the diffrent between sowing media and replating media? l was going to leave the orchids until there big enough to handle outside so what media should l use replating or sowing.

[fbt2007]

@nativeorchids101 Sowing media usually doesn't have enough of the necessary ingredients, like inorganic salts, to support growth. Replate or maintenance media usually will have more inorganic salts which can kill some orchid seeds but supports the growth of orchid seedlings. I got away with using a replate media for seed sowing. This worked quite well with the Cattleya but may not work with other orchids.

[nativeorchids101]

I was going to use the OspEx 1.0 replate medium I live in australia and will be flasking cymbidium x Phalaenopsis (it was the only orchid l had that was in flower at the time and is a experiment for l have not flasked before) so woud that media be alright for flasking and if not were could l find some media alright for natives?

[fbt2007]

@nativeorchids101 You have access to a great supplier of orchid media right there in Southern Australia. Helen and Kevin at Western Orchids Laboratory makes terrific orchid media. I've used some of their media, W2.5 replate media. I purchased at the Orchid Seedbank Project as Aaron used to sell it. Good stuff. Their media is expensive here in the U.S. because of shipping charges. It should be reasonable for you to purchase it. I would go to the site and look at their technical information

[seljakiofff]

where to bay thet ospEx 1.0

[jennymoriwaki]

can i use the baby jar and put it in the microwave instead? or do i need that pp container for microwave? never done this but would like to try :D

[nativeorchids101]

do you know were l can buy orchids seeds in Australia. Every time l get a seed pod it dies. so l decided to buy seeds but a lot of the sites l visit can not send seeds overseas.

[mrteddybear530]

Im new to flasking...... I bought a flask already made and I am supposed to let it sit for about 3 months..... Please inbox me a video tutorial that tells everything you need and step by step directions for flasking... THANKS!

[nativeorchids101]

What media do l use for growing orchids in a jar Replating or sowing

[nativeorchids101]

Whats the diffrent between sowing media and replating media? l was going to leave the orchids until there big enough to handle outside so what media should l use replating or sowing.