Phalaenopsis Seed Pod Opened
Eight months after I said I Think I Impregnated My Phalaenopsis, the pod has finally opened. Sometime last night, the pod popped open, scattering tiny seeds on the leaves below.
Amazingly, even while making seeds, the plant is also in bud. This is one tough plant.
So what next? I’m going to send the seeds off to a lab for flasking. If it all works, I should have a flask full of babies in a year or so.
If nothing else, orchids are a great lesson in patience.
See Also
Pollination By Post
Back in May, my friend Zach sent me some pollen from one of his Phalaenopsis orchids in the mail.
The Continuing Phalaenopsis Impregnation Saga
After a week or so, there was a fine orange dust at the bottom of the paper cone. In that teaspoon of dust were hundreds of thousands of seeds.
Two Links Closer in the Chain of Dendrobium Ifs
That layer of yellow blobs are all clusters of tiny, growing Dendrobium embryos. Sexy goop, eh?
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