Orchid Seed Sowing Services

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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.