Looking for Spiranthes seeds

[Steve Blackwell]

Hi all, I’m not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I couldn’t find any others that fit. I’m looking to see if anyone has some Spiranthes seeds they could spare for use in a tissue culture project I’m working on. I’m trying to figure out  protocols to TC Spiranthes delitescens but I wanted to try them out on another congener first. Thanks so much!

[Katie Heineman]

Hi Steve,

I’m not sure if many people are subscribed here – but I’ll email you some contacts from Longwood Gardens; Atlanta Botanic Gardens; University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum; and NAOCC, all of which work extensively with orchid seeds. Mind if I cross post to the CPC internal board since it’s a material request?

In case it helps – here is a cool video about in vitro methods for Spiranthes casei in case it’s at all relevant to what you are doing.

https://saveplants.org/video/in-vitro-seed-germination-and-seedling-development-of-spiranthes-casei-for-ex-situ-conservation/

Katie

[Steve Blackwell]

That would be great, Katie, thanks! I’ve actually been in touch with Peter Zale at Longwood and he was really helpful. I was just trying to reach out to others in the network as a whole rather than contacting each person individually. If you could facilitate that through internal board that would be amazing.

[Meg Engelhardt]

Caleb Dvorak at MoBot has been working on TC for Spiranthes and other orchids. You might reach out to him as well. caleb.dvorak@mobot.org

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