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I was going to flask them on my own, but I had no very proper way of sterilizing (microwave and oven), so both containers turned out contaminated. However, my AP Bio teacher said he'd be glad to help me flask them (and may count it for academic credit ), so I'll let you know how they go!

Flasked some of these yesterday. Will let you know how it goes.

Btw, these were very hard to mess with. Hard to see if I even got them onto the media but I think I got them in successfully. Nice learning experience.

Good Luck Everyone!
I got mine in around 11/14, nothing yet but no contamination. Fingers crossed i'll see something by mid December!!!
I know what you mean about tough to work with, they are definitely good practice
Thanks again cvlover!

RP i'm having trouble finding them on the media still but, like you, I have no contamination so far and i'm hoping for good germ rates. If not, cvl sent me enough seed to play with for a year:D.

RP,
If you don't see contamination then you will get seedlings. Seeds are easy to germinate.

Dionae,
It may take 3 weeks or more to see clear green dots.

Green dots become big and bigger !!!

That looks cool. Cant wait to see mine looking like that.

Update

Theyre some slow growers. How long do you leave them on the media before replating cvl?

Dionae wrote:Theyre some slow growers. How long do you leave them on the media before replating cvl?

Eric,
Yes, they are slow growers. When they have leaves and roots they grow a little bit faster. It may take about a month from now to have new leaves and root. I wait until they have 2 leaves and roots then I replate them into 1/2 MS. By that time, it's easy to transfer them to new medium using a tweezers. Replating them if it's too crowded or they turn brown because ethylene gas builds up (never happen to me but some people got it). You need to sow more seeds because germinating rate may go down by time.

Yes, i do. I have 4 species of orchids i need to flask before the spore isnt viable. The whole family has been home for the holidays so its hard for me to find the time atm. This coming up week I plan on doing lots of TCing. Starting to run low on media too so I need to buy more.

Seedlings are growing bigger. They have tiny leaves and ready to be transferred.

CVL did you happen to send me more spore? i got some in the mail and just dont know who theyre from.

Dionae,
Yes they are new orchid seeds. Picture of parents:

Would you mind putting up a how to on pollinating orchids? Thanks!

Dionae wrote:Would you mind putting up a how to on pollinating orchids? Thanks!

How to pollinate orchids. Link:

https://lab.troymeyers.com/flasking/art ... ?number=19

It's cattleya pollination but it's the same for phalaenopsis.