Hi Iris, I reckon "tissue culture" stand for flasking here. Otherwise you are right, true TC for paphs seem to be far away, mostly because of the difficulties extracting a meristem from a plant. Regards, Jean
> >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:29:36 EST >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [OGD] Paph barbatum >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >In a message dated 12/5/05 6:03:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >writes: >> Who has a Paph barbatum in their collection from a tissue cultured source?? >> >I didn't know you could tissue-culture paphs at all in commercial quantities. >I have a Paph. barbatum var. nigritum which came from Bosche Popow. It was >sold as being ostensibly from seed. It is a nice healthy plant with a normal >flower. >Iris _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com

