Reynoso Biotechnology LLC operates a working plant tissue culture laboratory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The lab runs continuous micropropagation, genetic transformation research, and contamination detection — and is building a consumer plant brand under the name Carolina Culture Co.
Continuous micropropagation, genetic transformation research, and consumer plant production.
Prep · Bench · Incubator · Grow
Genetics, fluorescence, commercial
Permit-pending for propagation
The lab is organized as four physical zones, running simultaneously as one continuous pipeline. Media is mixed at the prep desk, sterilized in the autoclave, poured under the laminar flow hood, incubated in the dark, and moved to the grow chamber for regeneration and hardening.
Transferring the bpsA + sfp pigment pathway into Coker 312 cotton to produce blue fibers. If the pathway takes, the plant expresses a bacterial indigoidine synthetase — the fibers themselves become blue, no dye needed. The R&D project behind the blue spider lily mission.
Expressing FBP (fluorescent binding protein) in rose tissue. Proof-of-concept for non-bioluminescent fluorescence in ornamental plants. Currently in co-cultivation phase with tobacco as the model system.
Establishing tobacco as the lab's rapid-iteration model for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Tobacco transforms reliably, grows fast, and lets us validate protocols before running them on slower-growing species.
Building a labeled image dataset of contaminated vs. clean tissue culture plates. Target: train a computer vision model to flag contamination early, before it spreads to an entire batch.
Consumer-facing plant brand. Etsy storefront launching with tissue-cultured aroids and orchids — Monstera Albo, Pink Princess, rare variegated species. Every plant lab-propagated, disease-free, and acclimatized before shipping.
Applying for USFWS and NCPCP permits to propagate 421 NC-listed protected species. Target contracts: DoD INRMPs, NCDOT mitigation, USFWS restoration grants.
The consumer-facing plant brand under Reynoso Biotechnology LLC. Every plant is lab-propagated from verified mother stock, grown disease-free, and acclimatized before it ships. No dead-on-arrival imports. No mystery genetics. Just clean, established plants from a real US lab.
Overseas tissue culture sellers can only do Tier A. We do all three — and that's where the margin lives.
For resellers and experienced growers who handle deflasking themselves. Matches overseas on price, beats them on shipping speed.
For collectors who want a head start but don't want to risk deflasking. 3–5× the TC bag price.
Fully acclimatized, ready to display. The premium product — and overseas sellers can't do this.
Launching on Etsy (largest existing TC marketplace), building audience on Instagram, then moving to a direct Shopify store at carolinacultureco.com.
Every batch gets sorted: Collector, Premium, Standard, Eco. No overseas seller grades their output. Combined with US-based shipping = no import delays.
The lab isn't just a consumer brand. Reynoso Biotechnology is positioned for federal and state restoration contracts, protected species propagation permits, and B2B contract tissue culture services.
USFWS, DoD INRMPs, NCDOT mitigation banking. The lab can propagate native species for large-scale restoration projects under federal contract.
NC has 421 listed protected plant species. With NCPCP permits, we can legally propagate and sell species that most nurseries are not authorized to handle.
B2B micropropagation services for other nurseries, botanical gardens, and research institutions that need clean stock or large batch multiplication.