Could I plant them in my greenhouse in some standard potting mix similar to what I would grow my geraniums in? Break the seedpod open and sprinkle them into a potting tray.

No, you cannot do that.

An old method to raise orchid from seed comes from the 19^th century England. They sometimes scattered seeds from ripe pods over the material that the mother plant was growing in and many times a few plants sprouted that way.

When they did, they grew very fast, otherwise they would not sprout in other circumstances like that.

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