C,

Years ago I used to toss colchicine in some flasks... I have since stopped.
Most of these trick chemicals usually produce nothing more than a big pile
of twisted up crap. If you want super plants then use super parents in the
cross, it is as simple as that.

Mick
HBI, Producers of Fine Orchids in Flask
www.OrchidFlask.com

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wrote in message
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Hi.

I was wondering what anyone knows about performance of polyploid
orchids ?

Anyone every tried a light application of colchicine to induce a ploidy
doubling ? I would imagine this could produce some incredible results
if the plants are able to tolerate it.