What Causes Low Germination Rates?
I have no answers. Anyone else?
K Barrett
"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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What causes low germination rates of flasked orchid seed?
Is a low seed germination rate most often due to too little pollen in
contact with the stigmatic surface at pollination time?
I would suspect that different media formulae would produce different
results for a given cross. Has anyone had any experience with this
phenomenon? Any specific media recommendations for reed-stem
Epidendrums?
How big a factor are temperature, day-length and light levels?
Are intergeneric crosses more likely to have low germination rates?
It is a ~10% germination rate of Epidendrum atacazoicum (bifalce)
selfed that prompts my question.
It's a simple question, but I suspect the answer will be complex.
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