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Old 02-06-2010, 12:38 PM
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I have pods

I was given 2 pods from an unidentified orchid. how do i cultivate then. They are currently not open and wrapped in a napkin in a ziplocbag in my fridge. Please someone help me.
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Orchid seeds are typically germinated in sterile conditions, growing in a sterile environment on nutrient with agar.

If you do a search on here, or on the web, there is a lot of information on how to do this. The term typically used is flasking. So you should find a lot if you put in flasking orchids in your search engine.

There are also commercial flasking services available as well, but I'm not sure what's available in St. Croix.

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