Thank you very much Jasen, that does help. I will try sterilizing everything and adding a tiny bit of coconut water to see if that helps. At the stage I am at, I doubt anything will as I do not have any growth whatsoever in the flasks. I will try some bap when I collect more cell samples and I will also try different formulas and combinations but as I said, I do not think there are many totipotent cells in orchids that will grow no matter how young or old the growth is. I have yet to see any cell sample that even shows cell replication or multiplication in any of the flasks I have to this point. No green, no bumps, no irregular spots on the medium - nothing. I will try again with different cells from different areas of the plants and hope for the best. Thank you again though.
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