Orchid micropropagation is an indispensable tool for seed and clonal propagation,
especially for commercial purposes. It has been interestingly researched and used for …

The vast majority of orchids are currently endangered due to extensive disturbance of their
natural habitat and indiscriminate harvesting of the naturally growing plants. Therefore, it is …

Background: The orchids are one of the beautiful creations of nature which stand apart from
any other assemblage of flowering plants. They are highly evolutionary and ecologically …

Thailand is the origin of about 1, 300 tropical orchid species and 180–190 genera.
Deforestation and over-collection of wild Thai orchids for trade has placed orchid species at …

The diversity and beauty of orchids place them among the top flowering plants in the
international market. They are commercialized either as cut flowers or potted plants. With …

A synthetic seed is defined as an artificially encapsulated somatic embryo (protocorm-like
bodies in case of orchids) or meristematic tissue (shoot tips, nodal segments, corm, and …

Orchids (Orchidaceae) are one of the most diverse plant groups on the planet with over
25,000 species. For over a century, scientists and horticulturalists have been fascinated by …

Premise of research. Orchids are among the most enigmatic of plant species. Yet the
Orchidaceae comprises more species at risk of extinction than any other plant family. The …

Cryopreservation of orchid protocorms requires protocol optimization for different orchid
species. Protocorms are ideal materials for cryopreservation in terms of size. Currently …

Encapsulation-dehydration was employed for cryopreserving seeds and in vitro-cultured
protocorms of Oncidium bifolium. Freshly harvested seeds, 120 days after pollination, were …