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

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"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

"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

"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

"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
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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