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| Cattleya Orchid
The Cattleya, favored by the florist and valuable as the parent of large
and showy hybrids, is perhaps the orchid best known to the public. There
are over forty species of Cattleya. In their native state the plants grow
in thick clusters on trees—frequently mahogany or a type of acacia—and
are so well protected by giant stinging ants that the only way to harvest
them is to cut down the tree.
The Cattleya plant lacks beauty to the uninitiated, being composed of
longish, rounded pseudo bulbs, which advance rhizome-fashion along the
surface of the potting mixture, and are topped by one, two, or three long
green leaves of firm leathery texture. The average Cattleya 'puts on'
or grows one new pseudo bulb a year. After several new bulbs have been
formed the old ones tend to lose their leaves and roots, becoming back
bulbs. These back-bulbs are frequently referred to as poor relations,
owing to their habit of sapping the energy of the growing end of the plant.
If severed and placed in a warm, moist spot they will usually respond
by sending forth new growth and roots to start a new plant.
A tiny swelling or dormant eye will be found at the base of each pseudo
bulb in a Cattleya plant. In proper time the eye of the youngest bulb
begins to swell and break into growth, acquiring new leaves and sending
out new roots. A new pseudo bulb is formed and, in a healthy, well-cared-for
plant, each will be finer and larger than the last. In case of injury
to the fore bulb, one of the dormant eyes of an older bulb will break.
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NOVA | Orchid Hunter | A Plant With Smarts | PBS
Epiphytic orchid seeds settle in a comfortable spot, sprout, grow, dangle their roots in the air, and live a lazy life absorbing rainwater and decayed leaves and light.
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SEEDS-BY-SIZE ORCHID SEEDS 2005/2006 LIST
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Ceiba Foundation - Orchid Propagation
In vitro germination of orchid seeds . A program has been started to germinate orchid seeds in vitro ( literally in glass ). Orchid seeds are not like other seeds in that they are tiny (they are often ...
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Orchid Glossory
Flask - A clear container used for the laboratory germination of orchid seeds or for growing other laboratory micropropagated orchid seedlings. Floriferous - Term used to describe a plant that flowers ...
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Akatsuka Orchid Gardens - Tropical Plants Starter & Seeds
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Re: Source of orchid seeds??
Ching-yeh At 07:51 AM 11/7/96 -0800, Carol M. Stiff wrote: >I want to do orchid flasking with my tc class. Can anyone recommend a >cheap source of orchid seeds? thanks.....carol
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OrchidSource Laboratory and Nursery: orchids, stem propagations ...
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The Orchid Seedbank Project
Conservation organization serving as a clearinghouse for orchid seeds: accepts donations, and sells packets from a text catalog. Also sells related products, and provides storage and germination tips.
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Orchid Blog
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