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Old 05-04-2011, 01:26 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
Stephen Wolstenholme Stephen Wolstenholme is offline
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Default Are vanilla bean seeds viable?

On Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:46:15 +0000, echinosum
wrote:


zxcvbob;916534 Wrote:
From grocery store vanilla beans? (for practicing orchid embryo culture)

According to the Wiki article on vanilla 'Vanilla - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla) the pods are
"killed" by heat treatment as the first stage of processing after
harvesting.


Even if the seeds are obtained from pre-treated pods they are very
difficult to pollinate.

Vanilla pods can be smoked! Has anyone tried it?

Steve