The seeds from our team on Thursday haven’t developed.
The same situation appeared by the other team on Tuesday. All the seeds have remained
at the same stage as in the beginning, when we put them in the petri dishes. It
could be that the green pod was harvest too early and the seeds weren’t ripped.
Both teams had the samples infected by bacteria or fungus. The fungus proliferates much
faster than the seeds in the petri dishes. The enormous grow rate of the fungus
could have a negative effect to the orchids seeds. The grow rate of the two
symbionts must be in balance, otherwise a successful development isn’t possible.
We have sterilized our seeds with the direct flaming method by the closed
capsules. This kind of sterilization may need to be changed. We would have got
a better germination of the seeds, if we had done the same treatment with NaOCI
as Damian did. In his experiment, the Javel water stimulates the testa and this
increases the germination capacity.
