Growing Orchids from Seed
Autor Philip Seaton, Margaret Ramseyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 ian 2005
Careful guidelines are given for buying and making equipment, pollinating orchid flowers, harvesting and storing seed, successful germination, transplanting seedlings, and growing them on to healthy plants.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781842460917
ISBN-10: 1842460919
Pagini: 83
Ilustrații: approximately 90 photographs & line drawings
Dimensiuni: 244 x 196 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Colecția Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ISBN-10: 1842460919
Pagini: 83
Ilustrații: approximately 90 photographs & line drawings
Dimensiuni: 244 x 196 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Colecția Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notă biografică
Phil Seaton has been a biology lecturer and an amateur orchid grower for more than 30 years. He heads the Ex situ Conservation Group of IUCN (The World Conservation Union) Species Survival Commission's Orchid Specialist Group (OSG).
Margaret Ramsay heads the Micropropagation Unit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew developing and applying in vitro techniques to endangered plants.
Margaret Ramsay heads the Micropropagation Unit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew developing and applying in vitro techniques to endangered plants.
Cuprins
Foreword
Preface
Obtaining orchid seed
The structure of orchid flowers
Sources of seed
Pollination
Fertilization
Harvesting and storing seed
Harvesting seed
Collecting and cleaning seed
Orchid seed in the post
Record keeping
Assessing seed quality
Seed storage
Pollen storage
Culture media
Selection of media
Equipment
Making up and storing media
Getting ready to sow the seed
Setting up a clean area
Safe disposal of materials
Working in a laminar flow bench or a sterile-handling cabinet
Seed sowing and germination
Choosing your options
Green pod method
Disinfection of seed
Packet method
Tube method incorporating sintered-glass disc
Test tube method
Filter paper & funnel method
Syringe method
Germination
Care of flasks: light & temperature
Transplanting to fresh medium
De-flasking seedlings
Aftercare of seedlings
Problem solving
Appendix 1: useful addresses
Appendix 2: green capsule harvest times
Appendix 3: media notes
Appendix 4: a simple hood
Appendix 5: seedling composts
Glossary
Further reading
Preface
Obtaining orchid seed
The structure of orchid flowers
Sources of seed
Pollination
Fertilization
Harvesting and storing seed
Harvesting seed
Collecting and cleaning seed
Orchid seed in the post
Record keeping
Assessing seed quality
Seed storage
Pollen storage
Culture media
Selection of media
Equipment
Making up and storing media
Getting ready to sow the seed
Setting up a clean area
Safe disposal of materials
Working in a laminar flow bench or a sterile-handling cabinet
Seed sowing and germination
Choosing your options
Green pod method
Disinfection of seed
Packet method
Tube method incorporating sintered-glass disc
Test tube method
Filter paper & funnel method
Syringe method
Germination
Care of flasks: light & temperature
Transplanting to fresh medium
De-flasking seedlings
Aftercare of seedlings
Problem solving
Appendix 1: useful addresses
Appendix 2: green capsule harvest times
Appendix 3: media notes
Appendix 4: a simple hood
Appendix 5: seedling composts
Glossary
Further reading