Dendrobium seeds for trade

[droseraman]

I have an unknown dendrobium that has produced seed pods. I would like to trade for drosophyllum or byblis seeds. I would also take nepenthes and drosera offers. The seeds should be ready in a week or so.

 

[Tony Paroubek]

You should put a disclaimer that Orchid seed needs to be sown in a lab on sterile agar media. I wouldn't want folks thinking they can just toss the seeds on some soil and expect plants.

Tony

 

[droseraman]

this is true the seeds need to be germinated by tissue culture.

 

[HellzDungeon]

do orchid seeds have to be germinated in vitro? or is it just a more reliable way of ensuring plantlets?
Hellz

 

[rattler]

they dont have to be done in a lab. however your chances of germinating them in a pot of soil...............well i would almost give you better odds on winning the lottery. orchid seeds require certain types of fungus to germinate in the wild and they are practically nonexistant in hobbiest soils

 

[droseraman]

Trying to germinate orchid seeds on soil is very hard. out of the many seeds produced mabey 5 will germinate. And it is hard to keep them living.