Seedpod Question
 

Greetings to all !

I have a seedpod that is about 150 days old and it's starting to turn yellow.
However I will be busy at least for the next 5 days or so to take it to the lab.

Can I just cut it and leave it in the fridge till I can find the time to go to lab ?

If yes, how long does it last ?

I am worried that it's going to pop soon.

Thank you.

Some places like them to be popped. You can wrap a coffee filter around the pod and let the seeds dry. Then mail them.
https://lab.troymeyers.com/flasking/home.php
Home Orchid Flasking

It depends if the place you are taking the seed to be flasked prefers greenpods or dry seed. If they don't care, maybe it's best to leave it on the plant (I don't know how well green pods do in the fridge) and attach a coffee filter around the pod to catch the seed if it pops

Where are they located? I couldn't figure this out. Also how does shipping of flasks to other countries? Do they work the same way as full sized plants (ie cites papers)?

Different countries, different regulations.

In the US, to have a flask shipped from another country to the US, the person you are getting the flasks from must provide a phytosanitary certificate from the country the flasks are to be shipped from.

For example, if I was to purchase and receive flasks from someone in Canada, the Canadian seller would have to provide phyto papers from Canada along with the shipment.

You would also need import permits.

In the US there are 2 kinds of import permits:

1. I don't recall the formal name for this permit, but it is a free permit that allows shipments coming into the US. However, if the plants are intended for resale, this permit in-and-of-itself is not adequate.

2. Again, I don't recall the formal name for this permit, but if the imported plants are intended for resale, then there is an additional permit that must be acquired, and that will cost $70 USD.

Since you live in Canada, these regulations would be different.

If you are shipping plant material that come from nursery stock or in private collections within the country itself, in general, there shouldn't really be any permits required.

However, if the plants are collected from the wild, and sold into the market, different countries have different regulations for that. In many cases, collecting the plants themselves from the wild and selling the orchids on the market is prohibited.

There may not be any regulations regarding the collection of orchid seeds from wild stock in many countries, however.

I really don't understand your questions. Mervin is in Singapour, presumable going to take the pod in person to a lab, and they flask it. No need for CITES and stuff if he's doing it in his own country!

I was asking about the link that one of the other posters left, as well as just general rules about buying flasks:) The king pretty much answered the questions:) Thanks!

I posted the link as examples. You might/probably can find your own company that sells flasks around you.

Hi,
I am in London now, got to do a urgent last minute work trip here.

Lets hope my pod has not pop yet, will know in two days time when i get back........