Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Uh...Oh... Seed pod is dying

I posted before about my pollination attempts. One of them was I-Hsin George that I crossed with Phal. violacea 'Orchis 01'. The pod is only 6 months old and not very fat or long, and it is supposed to take about 8 months to ripen. Clearly it is not good turn of events:



See how the pod started to yellow? An orchid breeder that I showed picture of a pod to said that it is going to dry out and fall. He said there still might be seeds in the capsule close to the flower and suggested to cut off the pod and wrap it in-between paper to keep seeds from dusting out.
I am going to do it today even though I am pretty sure the seeds (if there will be any) will not be viable...

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