The process is so complicated I really did not expect to pull it off, but I wanted to learn something by trying.
I made a lot of mistakes, like putting way too many seeds in the media. They germinated but used up all of the nutrients in the media in a short period of time. I did not replate soon enough, so many of the protocorms ran out of nutrients. Still, I have a few dozen corms that appear to be forming into plants. This time when I replated the corms I only put a few in each vessel, and isolated a few to a single vessel or test tube.
Since I replated and isolated them the corms have begun to develop rapidly. In just one day the one in the photo went from just a bump on top to what appears to be a tiny leaf.
Actually, I am looking forward to crossing a full size plant with a miniture in the near future and repeating the process.
It was that much fun!
Sunday, July 8, 2018
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