flask decontamination followup
Jan 28, 2010 Orchid Propagation, orchids
So, that didn’t work to good. The flask that I tried to decontaminate blossomed into a flask of mold. Oh, well, it was worth a try. If I have another one with contamination, maybe I will try something a little different.
flasking – fourth set
Jan 17, 2010 Orchid Propagation
I planted seeds in 16 flasks today. I stuck with the 15 drops of peroxide since that seemed to be just about right.
flask decontamination
Jan 17, 2010 Orchid Propagation
I had a flask of brassavola cucullata that was contaminated (actually 2 of them). One of them was really bad, so I just opened that one up and cleaned it out so I could re-use the flask later.
The other one just had a small amount of contamination. I had my flasking tank set up, and thought that maybe I could cut out the bad part and leave the rest. It was pretty easy to do, but I am not sure how successful it will be – I should know in a week or so. This also gave me a chance to break out the microscope again and take a look at the little plants that were in the contaminated zone.
flask decontamination
flask contamination
orchid protocorm
seed pod ready
Jan 11, 2010 Orchid Propagation
One of my encyclia tampensis seed pods finally was ready. The plant was inside and I happened to see that it the pod started to split. I made a little bag for it out of wax paper. I will try to flask some of the seeds soon.
encylia tampensis seed pod
getting more flasks ready
Jan 1, 2010 Orchid Propagation
I figure it will be any day now that my encyclia tampensis seeds will be ready. I want to be able to flask some seeds up as soon as they are ready, so I made up some more flasks today. I used different mason jars this time and the same amount of media made up 12 jars, plus 2 small mason jars and 2 baby food jars.
