Growing Orchids From Seed

Orchid seed do not have a Nutrition park to survive like other plants

if you look at a pumpkin seed the seed is only a small part, the main area is nutrition to help the seed grow. Orchid seed is fine like talcum powder and one seed capsule/pod can hold thousands upon thousands of seed. i can not even take a photo of a single orchid seed beside a pumpkin seed as you will not see the orchid seed

Ripe green seed capsule/pod

Open seed pod, the seed already dispersed

This is one orchid seed under the microscope

Above is Dendrobium Prenticii this is a full size ripe green seed pod,

Above is the left over seed and pod after flasking under the stereo microscope

Please see our "Fundamentals Of Flasking" page for some more information on seed

Happy Growing