Hi Bob. Mind sharing what exactly you are purchasing for the sterile medium, perhaps a link? Some of us have been debating whether we want to dive into the world of embryo rescue.... Ben On Thu, Feb 23, 2023, 9:41 AM Robert Lauf via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Just to be clear, my seedling is Hippeastrum X Nerine. And until it > blooms, I can only hope it is indeed the targeted cross and not some freak > parthenogenesis.... > I think embryo rescue makes a lot of plants more orchid-like in their > intercompatibility because so many intergenerics yield viable embryos but > the mother plant doesn't recognize them and make some endosperm. Orchid > seed culture was devised to get around the fact that orchid seeds never > have any real endosperm. So doing the same treatment on > endosperm-defective seeds of other kinds of plants was a natural thing to > try and it has been demonstrated many times. Tubes of sterile medium are > about $3 a pop in quantity, and a small sterile workstation can be had for > around $250. So for the price of a few decent bottles of scotch anyone can > get in the game! > Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…