Quest for easier to grow seeds for science project at a non-profit

[ferricyanide]

Hi,

We are looking for seeds of any species of orchid that is easier(I have seen that easy doesn't appear to be an option) to grow from seed. And also hopefully does well with a tissue culture too. But right now we could settle for just easier to germinate.

We would be happy with species suggestions, good places to buy seeds, or buying from a member with a good reputation. We are also a non-profit so I believe any donations are tax deductible(we have no problem purchasing, just figured I would mention).

This would be for a longer project in our science committee. We would first want to see if we are able to successfully grow from seed and do tissue cultures as 2 separate projects. If we are successful we would teach classes on it in the future.

Backstory: I recently joined an educational non-profit organization, and I am in the science committee. Yesterday our head of the committee was mentioning that he really wanted to try a project of grow orchids from seeds then doing tissue cultures afterwards. He mentioned that he had bought seeds before and had no luck germinating them, and that he thought it was problems with the seeds he had purchased. I figured WTH I bet I can find some seeds... I found this forum and I think I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew and I have a million more questions for him about how he was trying to germinate the seeds. I see that germinating orchids doesn't seem to be easy... however we have access to a lot of the supplies necessary to undertake the process. there does seem to be a lot of good information on this forum though.

Thanks In Advance for any help, suggestions or advice.