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Re: Dracula orchids

You mention cheaper than you think.
We are trying to populate our wooded property with wild flowers and would
love to add as many hardy orchids as time and money allow. Can you you help.

At 01:28 PM 5/14/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>It's done in sterile flasking, usually with an agar solution as a medium in
>a sealed bottle.  I've been through a slew of different mediums, but agar
>seems to be the most consistent.
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>When I say sterile, I mean STERILE!  This cannot be emphasized enough.  So
>if you're thinking about pursuing this, be forwarned that the set-up is
>quite specific. As an example of possible problems, never flask orchids in
>a kitchen where you've bake bread; you'll have a lovely yeast culture as
>wild yeast spores float in the air, seemingly forever. But it's still
>something that a hobbyist could pull off. My current flaskings include many
>of the hardy terrestial orchids.
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>Why do you have Dracula orchids in the header?  Caught your attention, did
>they?  Most anything out of the pleurothallid alliance likes cooler
>temperatures.
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>Bear in mind, though, that Orchids can be highly variable from seed
>(possibly the understatement of the decade....).  Divisions are the
>accepted way to go for consistency and they're much less expensive than you
>would think.
>
>Keith Roman$#&k, WNY, zone 5 and things are looking better, weatherwise.
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>>I am looking at a magizine and I have never tried to grow and orchid.
>>What is the process to propagate and orchid?
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>>Sincerely, 
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>>Duncan McAlpine 
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