Peptone is also reported to favour seed germination, protocorm formation and multiplication,and differentiation into seedlings of Acampe praemorsa (Krishna-Mohan and Jorapur 1986), Aerides multiflora, Rhynchostylis retusa, Saccolabium calceolare
and Vanda testacea (Vij et al. 1981), Cymbidium aloifolium (Hossain et al. 2009) and C. giganteum (Hossain et al.2010).