Nice work on pollinating... it takes a steady hand and a super thin needle... I tend to use straight pins as well for pollination of Pleurothallids.
As for Ancipitia, most of those ex-Pleurothallis are easier, the anther is larger... a genus I get worried about is Platystele, Lepanthopsis, and Lepanthes (and all Lepanthes segregated genera)... they are very small...
Often times with these Pleurothallids, they will accept their own pollinia, though this does not encourage diversity within the species, but it's cool to just try out.
If you aren't going to flask it, you can always spread seed in multiple places within your greenhouse (if you have one)... most of my spontaneously generated seedlings arise from either Sphagnum Moss baskets or on my mounts among other Pleurothallids... it's all fun! Good luck on your Restrepia!
-Pat
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