Update on flasks and germination times for species and some hybrids

I have been extremely busy with flasks lately. It has been challenging to keep up with all the re-plating while still ordering in seeds from overseas and sowing these and my own stock. Space is a luxury and I hope that by the time I completely run out of incubator space, some flasks will be ready for potting up to free up some space. The Dendrobium species have done well and have grown fast under my conditions. I find that they are not too fussy with media composition but the Bulbophyllum species and Trias species are fussy when it comes to too much residual water in the flasks. Their protocorms prefer to be kept on the dry side, like the Phalaenopsis protocorms and also the Anacheilium cochlaetum. The Rhynchostylis gigantea are shooting roots now and looking healthy. Cynorkis fastigiata is growing all over the place at an incredible rate and benefits well from stronger light it seems. Plants that have not done well are Vanda bensonii and V. denisoniana as well as Mastigeon putidum and Holcoglossum amesianum. The protocorms of the Vandas and M. putidum drowned somewhat in a thin layer of residual water on the surface of the medium but I have managed to save some of these by replating them out early to new drier medium and they appear to be greening up again. The Holcoglossum did well for several months until the second leaf was produced. Even after re-plating they just faded away and I lost these sadly. I am not quite sure what the problem was but I will figure it out eventually.

Bletilla hybrid

Cynorkis fastigiata

Dactylorhisa majalis

Dendrobium draconis

Dendrobium lituiflorum

Dendrobium griffithianum

Dendrobium hercoglossum

Dendrobium heterocarpum

Dendrobium kingianum

Dendrobium findlayanum (Black eye)

Dendrobium parishii

Dendrobium primulinum (yellow)

Disa atricapilla

Disa uniflora

Phalaenopsis hybrid (my own cross)

Polystachya panniculata

Polystachya transvaalensis

Rhynchostylis gigantea

Satyrium coriifolium

Anacheilium cochleatum

For those who are interested to know how long it takes some species and hybrids to germinate at approximately 26 Degrees Celsius with a light regiment of 16hrs:8hrs on/off, I have compiled a list of what I have recorded for the last short while of those I have successfully germinated (in days):

Acrolophia capensis - 33d

Acrolophia cochlearis - 62d

Anacheilium cochleatum - 24d

Angraecum sacciferum - 33d

Angraecum sesquipedale - 22d

Ansellia africana - 13d

Bletilla hybrids - 14-16d

Bletilla striata - 12d

Bonatea speciosa - 30-56d

Bulbophyllum siamense - 25d

Bulbophyllum patens - 30d

Bulbophyllum basicetum - 29d

Cynorkis fastigiata - 18d

Cymbidium aloifolium - 62d

Dactylorhisa majalis - 19d

Dendrobium ravanii - 42d

Dendrobium annosum - 23d

Dendrobium findlayanum - 24d

Dendrobium formosum - 21d

Dendrobium gratiotissimum - 23d

Dendrobium griffithianum - 22d

Dendrobium hercoglossum - 21d

Dendrobium kingianum -12d

Dendrobium lituiflorum - 15d

Dendrobium unicum - 29d

Dendrobium wardianum - 15d

Dendrobium lindleyi - 15d

Dendrobium parishii - 15d

Dendrobium polystrichum - 22d

Dendrobium primulinum - 21d

Dendrobium hercoglossum - 15d

Dendrobium heterocarpum - 15d

Dendrobium sutapense - 15d

Dendrobium palpebrae - 15d

Disa atricapilla - 20d

Disa bracteata - 104d

Disa cornuta - 51d

Disa harveiana - 40d

Disa thodei - 28d

Disa uniflora - 16d

Eulophia angolensis - 42d

Eulophia clavicornis - 50d

Eulophia speciosa - 30d

Eulophia spectabilis - 21d

Gymnadenia conopsea - 26d

Holcoglossum amesianum - 17d

Holothrix incurva - 20d

Microcoelia exilis - 33d

Myrmecophyla tibicinis - 17d

Mystacidium capense - 42d

Phalaenopsis lowii - 21d

Phalaenopsis hybrids - 16d

Polystachya anceps - 28d

Polystachya ottoniana - 15d

Polystachya panniculata - 23d

Polystachya transvaalensis - 30d

Rhynchostylis gigantea - 21d

Satyrium coriifolium - 57d

Satyrium hallackii - 72d

Stenoglottis fimbriata - 14d

Vanda bensonii - 18d

Vanda denisoniana - 18d