Robin, I have a friend who grows various Cypripediums very successfully (he has AOS awards to prove it) and I'll ask him that question. But I suspect not, unless your plants came from the wild originally. Most Cyps in gardens now are lab grown (thank goodness!) from seed without mycorrhiza. A few orchids can be grown from seed pretty easily as you describe, or even without sterile culture, and one (Cynorkis fastigiata, not hardy) is even a charming weed in my greenhouse. But I don't think I know anyone who's managed to grow Cyps that way. My friend has told me they're slow and often recalcitrant even in sterile culture. But if you're pretty sure the pods are pure C. monantum, I'm sure someone (I'll suggest Troy Meyers, the Meyers Conservancy) would flask it for you and give you some plants back for free. Steve On 1/28/2021 2:33 PM, R Hansen via pbs wrote: > I have two Cypripediums, very mature plants, given to me by a friend when > she had to move. They've been in large pots for several years. I know I can > divide them if I do it now, but today I discovered several seedpods on C. > montanum. One reference I have suggests some hardy orchids can be sown on > sterile sphagnum in a sterile pot covered with a sheet of glass. > > > > My question is this: Will the soil from my Cyps have the right fungus or > mycorrhiza that if used to sow the seed will enable germination? These > plants were in the ground in a garden and when I dug them, did not remove > the soil around their roots when I potted them in a container mix. > > > > Robin Hansen > > Southwest Oregon > > Where I question why I'm freezing myself when I could be inside and warm. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>