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A sowings story!

Hello! I'm Giuseppe, I'm from Italy :) I've got registered to this forum time ago, but I don't hang out a lot.
Now I'm returned, because I want to show you the "story" of my sowings, just beginned!
In April 2014 I decide to pollinate a flower of a white hybrid Phalaenopsis.
The flower first wilted, than it started to grew up a fruit (is there a technical name to definite orchids fruit in english?), and in the next months the fruit continued growing
this was it in September 2014
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/a...psc17f38df.jpg
But after a few time, I realized that... it wasn't growing anymore!
In fact, this was it in December, it was like the same
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps949112f8.jpg
in the last 3 months it also don't grow, so I was a bit worried, but on 26 March, the fruit suddently turned yellow and opened it self!
So in the last day I've took all the indispensable for the sowing, and I follow the "recipe" founded on a italian forum to preparing the nourishing substratum:
water, agar, sugar, fertilizer and active carbon.
Two days ago I prepared it, I poured it in the glass can and I sterilised it.
So yesterday, after almost a year from pollinating, I seminated my phalaenopsis seeds!
But because the fruit opened it self, it will probably got contaminated, so after sowing I sterilised the seeds putting a bleach tampon under the can's lid for 3 hours (method tried out on an italian forum), than I removed the tampon and close the can definitively. (It's the method explained here by Roby http://www.orchidboard.com/community...seedlings.html but he explained this method also in a italian forum :) )
Now, I only have to wait :)
I'll soon post some picture :D
But I haven't finished yet! In March I've pollinated another hybrid Phalaenopsis and a Dendrobium lindley, and I will soon pollinate a P. equestris and other hybrid!
I will soon update! :D
Thanks for reading!

what media mix did you use for the mother flask?

Hi Romeomffn, I made the media with:
1 liter of demineralized water
8 g of Agar Agar
20 g of sugar
1 g of active carbon
1,5 g of fertilizer (I don't know the exactly dose of NPK)

Keep us looped in on developments. I love following how these grow from seeds to plants.

Sure!! I'll update soon! :D

besides, I've just tried to pollinate a Phalaenopsis with a Phal Dendrobium!!

oh dear, obviously in the medium I putted also sugar! I add it in the list!

Have done any sowing myself but I have pollinated many different plants, more have failed than survived but those that have I sent to a lab or I'm still watching.

Nice job taking this on yourself, and so young. :) I look forward to seeing your progress. By the way, I do believe the official name is 'capsule' though many of us here refer to them as pods.

Thanks a lot, lotis :D
Actually, also in italian the official name of the fruit is "capsula" (capsule) but we often call them "baccelli" who means "pods"! :)

A question: in the USA, labs who can sow your orchid seeds are so common? I think that here in Italy it's very difficoult to find one...

Hello! Just checking in on your progress... how are things going?

Hello everyone!! :D I'm a bit worried, after more than a month there aren't any protorcorms... :dunno: