JayCseed
Photo of the Month - Jan 2018
Jay - That's a great story. My Mom busted me once when I came home from College for the summer and brought some bag seed with me. She found the seeds and asked what they were ---- Thinking fast I told her they were geranium seeds. She didn't say anything but years later she told me she knew what they were... Busted....
Orchids were really interesting to breed. The orchid seed is one of the most ancient forms of plant and does not have the protein needed to live prior to photosynthesis begins. You have to put your dust size seeds into a gelatin with a specific fungus under sterile test tube conditions. The fungus creates a symbiotic relationship with the seed and allows for the plant to grow until photosynthesis begins.
It is so much easier to just pop a seed... LOL
That's great, gotta love moms! Mine knows I grow now and when she comes to visit I take her out and show her the plants and teach her about them, she finds it fascinating even though she has never smoked a day in her life.
I read up on how they grow from seed a while back and it kind of intimidated me a little, props that you were able to get them going! For now I'll stick with the easy weed! lol