Comparison of Holding Solutions in Prolonging Vase Life of Dendrobium Youppadeewan

Authors

  • Saichol Ketsa Dept. of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart Univ.
  • Ajchara Boonrote Dept. of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart Univ.

Abstract

The comparison of various holding solutions in prolonging were life of Dendrobium Youppadeewan flowers was studied. Cut orchid flowers were held in distilled water, Cornell, Cornell, modification, Davis, Kagawa and Washington solutions. The results showed that the vase life of cut orchid flowers was 11.2, 58.5, 35.0, 7.8, 31.2 and 22.3 days respectively. When orchid flowers held in Cornell solution for 1,2,4,24, 48 and 72 hours before transferring to distilled water, their vase life was not significantly extended. If any components in Cornell solution was missing the extension of vase life of cut orchid flowers was not effective.

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Published

1987-12-30

How to Cite

Saichol Ketsa, and Ajchara Boonrote. 1987. “Comparison of Holding Solutions in Prolonging Vase Life of Dendrobium Youppadeewan”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 21 (4). Bangkok, Thailand:347-54. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/242624.

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 4 (1987): October-December

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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