Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Maren on August 23, 2010, 06:00:55 PM
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Hi,
a friend passed me some seed and I wonder if anyone out there has any experience with sowing these. In particular, which medium should I use? Your advice will be much appreciated.
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According to this document, Maren, even Kew is having a hard time growing this seed......
http://www.conservationevidence.com/Attachments/PDF961.pdf
If you haven't got access to micropropping facilities then I would be inclined to try sowing the seed in the pots of similar orchds and keeping my fingers well and truly crossed.
It should only take a few years to get the first leaves (if the experiment works) and ten for a flower :-\
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Look forward to seeing results.....
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Maren
I have found this
http://web.archive.org/web/20080430153855/http://www.med-rz.uni-sb.de/med_fak/physiol2/disa/invitro/000.htm
but all of this is for immature seeds.
also it maybe worth asking the question here http://www.orchideenkultur.net/ as some of them may have tried it.
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That's an interesting paper, Neil, thanks!
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Thank you all, many interesting links. I live in hope. ;) ;)
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Hi Maren,
the problem with Cephalanthera rubra is not how it should be sown, but how it should be established in vivo.
It seems to rely heavily on it's endophyte-partner in nature. Although there are 1 or 2 people who had success with it, I guess that this is an orchid you will never find in commerce because of it's special needs.
It is more difficult to establish even than the most difficult Cypripediums.
BUT after it has been established, it is quite easy....