Catasetum seedpod - Orchid Board

orchidsarefun · #1 01-10-2017, 06:14 PM

anybody know how long it takes to mature ?
I've heard conflicting stories - one, that its up to a year and this one ( 8 weeks )

http://www.willgro.ca/caresheets/Catasetum.pdf

AvantGardner · #2 01-10-2017, 06:59 PM

Depends on the species. And the time of year it was sown. If sown in the spring, it is around 6 months (or as early as 5 months) from pollination to harvest (split pod). If sown in the fall it can take up to a year. What is the cross?

orchidsarefun · #3 01-11-2017, 08:34 AM

I'm using After Dark as pod parent. Its at 6 weeks and still growing - yet comparatively much smaller than other orchids I have propagated ( phals, catts, zygo's, paph ) at that age. Hence me thinking that there is a long way to go.
Its only about an inch long.

AvantGardner · #4 01-11-2017, 03:53 PM

Hmm I'd say by fall it should be ripe. What did you cross onto it? Where will you send the seed?

orchidsarefun · #5 01-11-2017, 04:39 PM

I'll let you know if it makes it. The stem above and immediately below is brown - dead looking and feeling.

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orchidsarefun · #6 01-25-2017, 11:24 AM

I started watering - about 1/4 cupful - 1x per week. Pod seems to have plumped up a bit, but more interestingly 3 nubbins popped up out of the pseudobulb.
Photo of the 2 - other one is on the other side. This has never happened before to this plant and in fact its twin is still fully dormant ( and unwatered ). It had 2 spikes in Fall. I wonder what these are going to be ?