Spring 2013 Flask Project Sign Up and Sources

[shadytrake]

I found another flask source for other types.

peaandshel | eBay

Peaandshel is located in Hawaii and they have 99.5% positive feedback against 2,623 sales transactions.

I haven't purchased from them, but I have been tempted to. I'll check vendor feedback on OB to see if any members have.

Edit to add: peaandshel is Carmela's Orchids on ebay.

[escualida]

Originally Posted by shadytrake

I found another flask source for other types.

peaandshel | eBay

Peaandshel is located in Hawaii and they have 99.5% positive feedback against 2,623 sales transactions.

I haven't purchased from them, but I have been tempted to. I'll check vendor feedback on OB to see if any members have.

Edit to add: peaandshel is Carmela's Orchids on ebay.

They're great, I've ordered from them several times and they're fast and their plants have been healthy, and their flasks great. I once wrote them because the plants in a flask they had sent me seemed to be too small to take out, so they sent me 2 more for free.

[Rowangreen]

Going to add them. They don't seem to have any phals at the moment though.

[RebeccaBC]

If no one objects, I'd like to use a Blc. seedling that was deflasked at a society meeting about a month and a half ago.

I'm not really interested in trying a phal hybrid since I have so many hybrids already, and I haven't seen anyone else from the great white north posting about being interested yet. If not, it's cool! I'll just watch from the sidelines!

[Rowangreen]

Not going to force anyone to do a plant they don't want to... but I do think it's quite important that we write about the process of deflasking and hardening the seedlings I'm guessing you are past all that with this seedling. What do others think?

[bballr4567]

Not sure.

Im in it for the process of taking a newly deflasked seedling. Im not quite ready for a whole flask and that is why I want to do the project.

[shadytrake]

Hi Rebecca,

Can you post the de-flask process that your OS used for your seedling? That way we can learn from your example.

[RebeccaBC]

Sure!

The flask was wrapped with masking tape to make sure most of the glass was easy to clean up, then it was wrapped in newspaper and/or a towel and the glass was broken. The baby plants were put into a large bowl of fresh water and rinsed off, then laid on paper towel for a bit to dry.

We were each given a small plant, which was potted up loosely in moss and we placed them in ziploc bags, which we had blown air into. Brought it home and left the bag open for a bit, increasing the time by an hour each day. We were told after a week we could take them out, but I left mine in for about two weeks, in my eastern facing window. We were also told to not fertilize for the first month, but I haven't done any fertilizing yet.

If I missed something, anyone from the meeting can fill in the blanks

[camille1585]

I'll sign up, but I'm not sure to join. I wanted a Phal flask from Boden Orchids in the UK since they have amazing things, but they don't have flasks at the moment.

Since I'm splurging on a macro lens next week (finally!!), I don't really want to buy a flask unless it's something I really want. Though I'm liking orchidflasks.co.uk's Phalaenopsis Dou-Dii Rose x Sogo Grape cross... I lOVE Sogo Grape!

[billc]

Here's Antec's method of deflasking and compotting.
Deflasking and Compotting
Several sites I've read say place the flask in warm (tepid) water to melt or break up the agar and then place the individual plantlets into the media.
What works for those of you that have successfully deflasked before?

Bill