I would like to post it to attention of those who likes orchids and wants to get selfmade hybrids without steril conditions and flasks.
The idea of "natural" way of growing orchids from seeds has came to me in the end of last autumn after I read book "Culture of orchids" by I.Troyanovskiy. In the 1913 year he has described a way to grow orchifs from seeds that he saw in Brussel. As he said it had required very little: a pot, moss, piece of cloth and a cover for the pot.
In conclusion to botanical magazines from late 1800s - early 1900s years, it is said that:
- fisrt human-made orchid hybrid has bloomed in 1856
- the first experiment on orchids seeds germination in-vitro was in 1918
- the reason of experiment was the demand of market in new orchids that could not be met with original growing in organic medium.
So, I decided to put a little experiment of my own.
My orchids didn't bloom in last autumn and newbies refused to hold a seed pod, however, within time in the end of April I've got orchids seeds ready to be potted.
I've changed cinditions a bit, but I tried to keep the medium most close to described.
I've prepared moss and fir bark (for drainage) and sowed seeds on the top of the moss. Then the pot was closed.
The long time of awating has began.
The short-cut from my diary:
01 dec. 2016
pollination Sogo Yukidian x self
03 dec. 2016
seed pod starts to form
26 apr. 2017
seed pod has cracked;
seeds are sowed
29-30 apr. 2017
rhizoids start to appear;
the places of active fungal are taken out from the pot
20 june 2017
seeds start to grow
02 july 2017
a leaf appears
15 july 2017
second leaf and roots have appeared by this time
Orchids seeds non-symbiotic germination ex-vitro on example of phalaenopsis
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