Orchids for everyone . urface, and subsequently treat as advised in thecase of the wood-block seed bed. If the seeds are sown in springor early summer, and all goes well, those raisers who have keeneyesight will be able to see a development in the seeds three orfour days after sowing, while with the aid of a pocket lens thepromise of successful germination will be even more apparent. As more Orchid seeds are lost through carelessness in wateringthan from all other causes, the need for close attention and theutmost care will be obvious. At the risk of some repetition itseems advisable to point
Orchids for everyone . urface, and subsequently treat as advised in thecase of the wood-block seed bed. If the seeds are sown in springor early summer, and all goes well, those raisers who have keeneyesight will be able to see a development in the seeds three orfour days after sowing, while with the aid of a pocket lens thepromise of successful germination will be even more apparent. As more Orchid seeds are lost through carelessness in wateringthan from all other causes, the need for close attention and theutmost care will be obvious. At the risk of some repetition itseems advisable to point out that success in raising Orchids fromseeds depends a great deal more upon the treatment followed afterthe seeds have been sown, than upon any special method of pre-paring the seed bed. Orchid seeds are extremely light in mostcases, so much so that when dry they will float away upon the airif exposed to the slightest breath. This being so, it follows thatwhen they are sown the seeds may be washed from the seed bed if. J << H H-^ cj HYBRIDISATION, SEEDS, & SEEDLINGS 15 water is given in any but the most careful manner. The waterused should be soft, and at a temperature one or two degrees higherthan that of the propagating case, and when the seed pots aregently lowered into the water the latter must not be allowed tosoak upward too fast, or to rise high enough to float the seeds offthe block or canvas, or even to move them. The length of time occupied in germination varies already suggested, progress may be detected in three or fourdays in some cases, while in others the seeds may lie apparently dor-mant for the greater part of a year. This refers to different kinds ofOrchids, but even with seeds from the same pod there may be aconsiderable difference in the time of germination, some remainingdormant after others have germinated and grown into tiny seed-lings just large enough to be transplanted. When germination isan accomplished fact it does not follow that a
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