Selfing

[calvin_orchidL]

Hey everyone! haven't been around for a while! I'm thinking about trying my hand at some tissue culture/seed germination. I work in a medical research lab so I have access to flasks, autoclaves, laminar flow hoods, disinfectants etc...I'm going to order some media from the orchid seedbank project/may make my own to see how that works out. So the only thing I'm missing is seed!

My question is, how viable is self-pollinated seed? I don't know the ploidy of my orchids, but I'm assuming it won't matter since if I self it, the seed should have an okay chromosome count. Any ideas? I have some phals in flower, as well as a sedirea japonica, and I'd love to have more of *that* one, so I'm considering self-pollination.

Also, if anyone has any seed (sterile/nonsterile) or pods that they have lying around and are willing to donate them to experimentation, give me a shout and I can do SASE or something. Alas, I'm in Canada, but I can try my best to send back the progeny if I succeed.

Thanks!