About 95% of explants responded on MS medium (with additives) fortified with 44.4 M BA as compared with those on 46.4 M Kn (70%), confirming that BA is better for inducing direct shoot formation, as reported in Cymbidium forrestii (Paek and Yeung, 1991) and Geodorum densiflorum (Sheelavantmath et al.,
2000).