Section Jensoa species flasks

[ChipMolly]

I am interested in peoples' views about this. I live in Australia which means flasks are about the only viable way of bringing in orchids from overseas for me. I have tried without success sourcing for flasks of Chinese cymbidium species in China and Taiwan.

I have heard that Taiwanese and mainland Chinese growers are very traditional and particularly averse to flasking of Chinese Cym species. I understand flasking of C goeringii is still at its infancy in South Korea and no one has been able to upscale production for export. No idea from Japan since the Japanese won't talk to outsiders about their oriential cyms.

Along these lines I have also understood that somatic embryogenesis (ie propagation by cloning in flasks) of oriental cyms is frowned upon by mainland Chinese growers. I believe the Taiwanese are cloning but they seem to be keeping things secretive to outsiders.

I wonder what other orchid board members who are interested in oriental Cym flasks of both species and sought after cultivar clones feel about this topic?