Sowing Seed Using Culture Medium No 16 (M16)

Hj Naza made another medium for seed germination - M16. Starting from M09, we used distilled water instead of filtered water. We suspected that the first medium was unsuccessful due to few factors such as using filtered water and expired ACA. Hopefully this one will produce good result!

Hmm.. should be ok this time, inshaallah!

For trial..placed near window for natural light

Preparing Culture Medium No 09 (M09)

'Helmi.. I want to prepare medium no 9. You want to see how?'.. Oh yeah! In less than 10 minutes I arrived at Hj Naza's house. But firstly I checked the delivery order from Mikail. Seems everything is there!

Medium no. 09 will be used to germinate seeds and for growth of bulbophyllum and phalaenopsis. Ingredients used include fruits and vegetables such as banana, apple, potato and tomato. Seems like we are going to make cookies again...

The 'secret' recipe

Fresh fruits

Some potatoes

Activated charcoal

Bananas

Peptone

N63 fertilizer

Sugar

Agar

All these items will be blended together tomorrow. After that, it will be cooked and adjusted for the right ph. Finally, it will be filled into the bottles/flasks and then the same cycle (autoclave) will be performed. Germination process will be conducted 3-5 days later after ensuring that there is no contamination on this medium. Usually, there will be 10-15% chances of contamination for every batch of medium. Thus, cleanliness of the lab must be given the highest priority.

More Chemicals and Lab Equipment Sent by ERLA

Mikhail sent the previous order to Hj Naza. Total amount is RM1,300.25 only. He will collect the money in the afternoon. We met in my office that afternoon and he laughed at me for ordering '500L' of ethanol! Yeahh.. my mistake!

Discount 0.25 cents only.. haha

Petri dish

Hydrochloric acid and ethanol

Forceps and scalpels

Measuring cylinder

Air Terjun Sekayu Waterfall, Kuala Berang

While on the way back from our failed 'mencandat' trip at Kuala Terengganu, we dropped by at Air Terjun Sekayu waterfall. It is a famous family picnic river but to me it is a so-so only. It is quite far from the highway and it is actually on the way to Tasik Kenyir dam. There is a mini wild orchid of Terengganu section along the way to the main waterfall but it was not well-maintained. A very peaceful jungle but the waterfall is famous for many 'death' because of drowning!