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Flask or germinated seedlings growing

Discussion in 'Wanted' started by robby jones, Oct 11, 2016.

  1. robby jones

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    Admin ,sorry if its not allowed.

    But im having trouble finding suppliers of germinated growing seedlings to buy clean agar off n repot...Anyone ???
     
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    KellyW Orchid wonk Staff Member Supporting Member

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    Robby, a quick Google search for "orchid flasks Australia" brings up a number of suppliers down under.

    I know Marni can send flasks to Australia and I imagine that the other suppliers that Naoki mentioned can too.
     
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    TY Kelly,i googled "flasks with growing orchis seeds with leaves n roots ready to repot" n that showed nothing.i tried rearranging it but only big healthy plants adult plants. BUT i appreciate your help, TY ill try it your way,im old n dont grasp computers much LOL
     
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    Naoki,
    thats a serious amount of links. TY im home now ROFL. many TNX cheers Rod
     
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    Sorry, I didn't know that you were in Australia, Rod! It is probably good to have your location info updated in your profile.
     
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    i did put my info in the profile but i might not have saved it correctly..ill go back now.
     
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    KellyW Orchid wonk Staff Member Supporting Member

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    Robby, reading another post of yours I see that you are a novice with orchids and plants in general. There are lots of orchids you should be able to grow quite well. However, I do not recommend that you buy flasks of seedlings because they can be challenging and easily killed. I suggest you get mature plants or if you want seedlings look for a community pot (compot) of seedlings that are hardened off. With a little more experience then you could tackle seedlings from flask. I just hate to see you waste money and get frustrated with a hobby that can be very rewarding.

    Also, getting an orchid seedling from flask to blooming size will take 2-5 years. Some can be less time but that is uncommon. So if you are wanting to grow the plants for the flowers this is definitely NOT the way to go. If you already know all of this I apologize but I just wanted to make sure you know what you are getting into.

    You can probably find compots of many species and hybrids locally in the Brisbane area, probably on Ebay or through online vendors.
    Good luck.
     
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    I second what Kelly said. Also just FYI for internet searches, I would try to use a few words as possible while still getting your point across. When you search "flasks with growing orchis seeds with leaves n roots ready to repot" you are throwing too much info at the search engine and it will pull back many unrelated links. If you just try "orchid flasks" you would likely get much better results. This applies to all web searches not just orchid related ones.
     
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    TY guys. im getting there now. those links are great too. cheers robby j