Tonight we started our flasking work in the lab. Not much but just sowing the orchid seed on the media prepared last Sunday. We sow the spore of D. echinolabium and managed to get few flasks. From these flask, the spore will germinate into protocorm and then become plantlets. Later the plantlets will be reflasked and grow into seedlings before being taken out to grow as mature plant! Just imagine how much time taken to do all these works... definitely we need full-time workers and bigger workspace later!
p/s - Mikail came in the morning to set the autoclave and taught Hj Naza how to use it. He would come back tonight to send Ethanol - that's it? Where are the other orders?
p/s - Mikail came in the morning to set the autoclave and taught Hj Naza how to use it. He would come back tonight to send Ethanol - that's it? Where are the other orders?
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| Some of the orchid spore saved for germination process |
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| The spore can produce thousands of plantlets |
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| Preparation of flasking work |
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| Sowing spore on the media |
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| The spore will form protocorm |
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| Another bottle |
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| We'll see how it grows in a couple of days |
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| Once completed, the flask will be sealed again |
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| Proper labeling is important to avoid confusion |
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| Hj Naza at work |
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| That's me! an apprentice |
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