I tried several years to acquire Angraecum distichum. But bloom sized plants were over US$35+. I finally bought a flask. I got it for $40. I ended up with 15 compots—3 seedlings each pot. And about 24 too small to be in compots plantlets.
This is the 5th flask I have grown. I use Innocur to start my seedlings. I grow them in sphagnum moss. The seedlings need to transition from flask and harden up to life outside of flask. I use recycled plastic to create a humidity dome. They will stay in this container for about a month or two. And then I’ll start to open the dome for half days over a period of 30 days or so.
In terms of true cost? I agree, after three or four years, your time and expenses will be more than what an adult plant would have cost in comparison. There is satisfaction in growing a plant to maturity.
Would I sell these seedlings? Not likely—I have donated several compots to my orchid society to help raise funds.
Last edited by MattWoelfsen; 09-23-2017 at 02:26 PM..
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