Orchid Labs and Propagation

Meyers Conservatory
Orchid species flasks. Public (species only) and proprietary flasking programs. Pollination, flasking, seedlings info. Troy Meyers. Poulsbo, Washington, USA.

Orchid Seedbank Project
Collection, storage, and distribution of orchid species seed. Listings of orchid seed currently available, and seed wanted. "Asymbiotic Technique of Orchid Seed Germination" book available. Founded 1996. Aaron J. Hicks. Chandler, Arizona, USA.

Western Orchid Laboratories
Orchid species and hybrids, tissue culture medium, keiki paste, and laboratory services offered. DVD available showing medium preparation, sterilisation, sowing, and replating of a green pod. Established in 1985. Kevin and Helen Western. Blackwood, South Australia, Australia.

Spangle Creek Labs
Cypripedium species, grown from seed, available. Photo gallery and care notes. Carol and Bill Steele. Bovey, Minnesota, USA.

In Vitro Plant Service
Specializing in orchid propagation. Established 1990. Kurt Dieter Schmidt. Quedlinburg (near the Harz Mountains), Germany.

Erdorchideen
Range of topics, including horticulture and laboratory propagation, related to the subject of terrestrial orchids. Propagation courses are also available. Frank Meissner. Lengenbostel (between Hamburg and Bremen), Germany.

Laminar Flow
Laboratory where the primary focus is on orchid species. European events schedule where protocorms, seedlings, and young plants are available. Kleinpesendorf, Austria.

BiOrquidTropic Peru Laboratories
Starting as a conservation project, BiOrquidTropic offers Peruvian species in an environmentally responsible way. Erica Moron. Peru.

Orchid Seed Stores for Sustainable Use
The OSSSU is a Darwin Initiative project designed to establish orchid seed banking around the globe (with the current focus on Asia and South and Central America). Based at the Seed Conservation Department of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew at Wakehurst Place.

Lotte & Thomas Orchideen
Techniques (seed sowing, nodes) used to propagate orchids. Seed sowing manual, media mixing, sterilization, and in vitro culture protocols. Seedlings and lab services offered. Neusiedl am See, Austria.