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What is "Orchid Flasking"
Orchid seeds are tiny, and for best yield and speed, typically sown under sterile conditions on a nutrient agar in the lab. This process is called 'flasking'. For more information on this process, here are some articles on flasking and seedling development:
- Contents of an Orchid Seed Pod What does orchid seed look like and how I handle it.
- Germinating Orchid Seeds Horribly nifty images of germinating seed.
- Update: Germinating Orchid Seeds Even more nifty images of germinating seed.
- Protocorm Proliferation In which we learn about one thing that can go wrong when germinating seed.
- Timeline: Momma Plant to Flowering Daughter In which we learn about the realities of making orchid crosses and seeing them come to fruition.