Flasks
Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as
buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same Gramma |
"Gramma" wrote in
: Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same Gramma A picture is worth a lot of words so here's a picture for referance only This link has a picture of a true flask However a mason jar, babyfood jar, and asortment of other containers can also be called a flasks. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=4334206531 |
Gramma,
Virtually all modern day orchids are initially sown and reach seedling stage inside a flask. The best flasks are all glass. Orchids may spend 4 months inside a mother flask, 6-12 months in an intermediate flask and then up to another year in hobby/wholesale size flask. The process of raising orchids in flask is quite boring, tedious and fraught with many disappointments. Flaskers sometimes pull all their hair out or become raving mad after a decade in this business... that is, if their lungs survive that long from the chlorine gas and associated chemicals. Here is a picture of a hobby flask of orchids. http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...asks/flask.jpg If you would like to know a little more about the mechanics of producing flasks get Adobe Acrobat Reader and then click on: http://phytotechlab.com/TABSTYLE/web...wing%20Kit.pdf Mick Fournier HBI, Producers of Fine Orchids in Flask www.OrchidFlask.com ================================== "Gramma" wrote in message ... Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same Gramma |
Gramma,
Virtually all modern day orchids are initially sown and reach seedling stage inside a flask. The best flasks are all glass. Orchids may spend 4 months inside a mother flask, 6-12 months in an intermediate flask and then up to another year in hobby/wholesale size flask. The process of raising orchids in flask is quite boring, tedious and fraught with many disappointments. Flaskers sometimes pull all their hair out or become raving mad after a decade in this business... that is, if their lungs survive that long from the chlorine gas and associated chemicals. Here is a picture of a hobby flask of orchids. http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...asks/flask.jpg If you would like to know a little more about the mechanics of producing flasks get Adobe Acrobat Reader and then click on: http://phytotechlab.com/TABSTYLE/web...wing%20Kit.pdf Mick Fournier HBI, Producers of Fine Orchids in Flask www.OrchidFlask.com ================================== "Gramma" wrote in message ... Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same Gramma |
"Gramma" wrote in message ...
Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same Gramma no! no! run away while you still can!! ;-) one of the flaskers on here will no doubt give a better answer, but orchid seedlings are grown in flasks (think regular laboratory flask) of growth medium until they're a certain size. (of course some orchid seedlings grow out of other orchids' pots and greenhouse walkways, etc etc, depending on where the seed pod bursts. ;-) see http://www.psfdev.com/los/flasking/ for instance. --j_a |
"Gramma" wrote in message ...
Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same Gramma no! no! run away while you still can!! ;-) one of the flaskers on here will no doubt give a better answer, but orchid seedlings are grown in flasks (think regular laboratory flask) of growth medium until they're a certain size. (of course some orchid seedlings grow out of other orchids' pots and greenhouse walkways, etc etc, depending on where the seed pod bursts. ;-) see http://www.psfdev.com/los/flasking/ for instance. --j_a |
"dusty" wrote in message ... "Gramma" wrote in : Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same A picture is worth a lot of words so here's a picture for referance only This link has a picture of a true flask However a mason jar, babyfood jar, and asortment of other containers can also be called a flasks. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=4334206531 Wow! it's like its own little growing environment and certainly contains more than any normal plant tube. I presume orchids are done this way to keep them in a contained environment? Thanks for that. Gramma |
"Mick Fournier" wrote in message . .. Gramma, If you would like to know a little more about the mechanics of producing flasks get Adobe Acrobat Reader and then click on: http://phytotechlab.com/TABSTYLE/web...wing%20Kit.pdf I will decline on that one - I'm only just learning how to water and keep plants alive at the moment. One step at a time Gramma |
"dusty" wrote in message ... "Gramma" wrote in : Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same A picture is worth a lot of words so here's a picture for referance only This link has a picture of a true flask However a mason jar, babyfood jar, and asortment of other containers can also be called a flasks. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=4334206531 Wow! it's like its own little growing environment and certainly contains more than any normal plant tube. I presume orchids are done this way to keep them in a contained environment? Thanks for that. Gramma |
"Mick Fournier" wrote in message . .. Gramma, If you would like to know a little more about the mechanics of producing flasks get Adobe Acrobat Reader and then click on: http://phytotechlab.com/TABSTYLE/web...wing%20Kit.pdf I will decline on that one - I'm only just learning how to water and keep plants alive at the moment. One step at a time Gramma |
"Mick Fournier" wrote in message . .. Gramma, If you would like to know a little more about the mechanics of producing flasks get Adobe Acrobat Reader and then click on: http://phytotechlab.com/TABSTYLE/web...wing%20Kit.pdf I will decline on that one - I'm only just learning how to water and keep plants alive at the moment. One step at a time Gramma |
"janet_a" wrote in message om... "Gramma" wrote in message ... Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same Gramma no! no! run away while you still can!! ;-) It might just be too late, although I will be happy to hand the reins back when hubby comes home and get back to just painting them Gramma |
Flasks, tubes, jars, plastic containers, canning vessels, etc. are all work in
pretty much the same way. The only difference is the shape and amount of light that is allowed for the seed to develop into a protocorm. In absence of light the plants in the container will develop phototropism, bending and twisting to account for the lack of light. Although we have a few different species in flask available at nominal cost, there are many other flaskers out there, including Mick and Aaron with a much better selection. .. . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html Flasks and more . . . http://www.pe.net/~profpam/flask.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gramma wrote: "janet_a" wrote in message om... "Gramma" wrote in message ... Can someone please explain just what is meant by 'flask' Is this the same as buying other plants in tubes?? I'm slowly being sucked in by all this growing things and life will never be the same Gramma no! no! run away while you still can!! ;-) It might just be too late, although I will be happy to hand the reins back when hubby comes home and get back to just painting them Gramma |
"profpam" wrote in message ... Flasks, tubes, jars, plastic containers, canning vessels, etc. are all work in pretty much the same way. The only difference is the shape and amount of light that is allowed for the seed to develop into a protocorm. In absence of light the plants in the container will develop phototropism, bending and twisting to account for the lack of light. Although we have a few different species in flask available at nominal cost, there are many other flaskers out there, including Mick and Aaron with a much better selection. . . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html Flasks and more . . . http://www.pe.net/~profpam/flask.html I have only one problem with buying plants and seed from over seas - The Australian Government don't allow it. We are not permitted to bring in kind of 'living' material and there are very heavy fines for doing so. :-( So we have to be content with 'local' produce. Do other countries have these restrictions? We are not even permitted to take plants from the mainland of Australia to Tasmania, [which is still Australian territory] although we can do the reverse, nor are we allowed to take fruit between certain states. Are there many posters here from Oz, or is everyone mainly from USA? Gramma |
"profpam" wrote in message ... Flasks, tubes, jars, plastic containers, canning vessels, etc. are all work in pretty much the same way. The only difference is the shape and amount of light that is allowed for the seed to develop into a protocorm. In absence of light the plants in the container will develop phototropism, bending and twisting to account for the lack of light. Although we have a few different species in flask available at nominal cost, there are many other flaskers out there, including Mick and Aaron with a much better selection. . . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html Flasks and more . . . http://www.pe.net/~profpam/flask.html I have only one problem with buying plants and seed from over seas - The Australian Government don't allow it. We are not permitted to bring in kind of 'living' material and there are very heavy fines for doing so. :-( So we have to be content with 'local' produce. Do other countries have these restrictions? We are not even permitted to take plants from the mainland of Australia to Tasmania, [which is still Australian territory] although we can do the reverse, nor are we allowed to take fruit between certain states. Are there many posters here from Oz, or is everyone mainly from USA? Gramma |
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