legal propagation

[MurCurY]

also...have a bunch of MS media, will this not work for orchids? would it be better to just pick up some knudson C media? also....how much milk should i start with? how much is "alot"?

[Royal]

MS is just fine, it's a standard. It might be a good idea to do some side by side with MS and Knudson C. You want to use coconut water, there is a difference between coco water, milk, or cream. The water is the liquid inside a fresh coconut. Try a health food store. I'd say 50 ml coco water per liter of media would be a lot. 30 would be more moderate. These are really just guesses though.

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by greenbean

I'll tell you why the usa thinks it needs it's own version of everything, Camille. It's because we have this stupid, arrogant notion that we're better than the rest of the world and everyone should change their ways to match ours, not the other way around.

And people wonder why we don't have good international relations?....

I swear, we're practically one invasion force away from trying to take over the world so that everyone will comply with our way of life and forget their "silly" foreign ways.

Hehe, sorry, I see an opening like that and I just have to rant a little.

LOL sorry, I had to laugh so much with this entry...

I think I, as non USAmerican, would have never had the guts to write something like this here...

[MurCurY]

i asked at work....

they say that a patent is good 20 years from application or, 17 years from patent issue...which takes approx 3 years from appliation. So....basically if a variety is more then 20 years...it's no longer patented.

[Louis_C]

Originally Posted by gixrj18

To answer your media question, you can use whatever media you want (I order mine from Phytotech...it's easier). For multiplication, just add coconut milk to the media......the more you add, the more they will multiply. They will keep multiplying, as long as they are in the media.

I remember once I do it with coconut milk the fat from it split and float on the surface. Are you sure it coconut milk? Sorry I'm just a beginner, I get confuse very easily.

[gixrj18]

Originally Posted by Louis_C

I remember once I do it with coconut milk the fat from it split and float on the surface. Are you sure it coconut milk? Sorry I'm just a beginner, I get confuse very easily.

It's mainly the water that you need, but I use milk, too...it doesn't hurt anything.

[s1214215]

Patents and copyrights are only as good as the country they are applied to. That is, if you want to enforce one in say Thailand, good luck.

A lot will depend upon who you are up against in the courts I guess and their social influence and how deep their pockets are and yours are. Copyrights and patents are ignored frequently here in Thailand, and it would be a never ending battle to enforce them in my opinion.