Cadetia taylori, Lepanthes fiskei, and Pleurothallis stricta - Orchid Board

dravenxavier · #1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2009, 10:14 AM

My photography skills are terrible, and so is my camera, but figured I'd post a few pics of what's in bloom now. My Platystele ximenae is about to open another bud, too, so I'll post that when it blooms, as well.

Cadetia taylori

Lepanthes fiskei

and Pleurothallis stricta, with something. I've never had it do this before..is it a seed pod forming? Also, sorry the picture is from the back of the blooms...I didn't want to actually go through the trouble of opening up the tank to turn the plant around lol.

cb977 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2009, 10:29 AM

Cool chids! Your photography skills are just fine too!

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Gold3nku5h · #3 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 01:50 AM

I dont know much about orchids, but have successfully pollinated a few at the greenhouses at my school, and can say with as much certainty as im worth that that is a pollinated flower. One way to tell is that the flower is dried up and dead long before the other ones are, second that the stem that held the flower is growing, with seeds. After about 7 months i went back after watching mine grow everyday to see that it never successfully opened on its own, and started to mold over the winter break

luckily i cross pollinated different orchids throughout the year so there are plenty around the corner.

ronaldhanko · #4 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 02:06 AM

It is a seed pod. If you want to sow it you'll have to find out how long to leave it on green, and then find someone to do it for you.

Tindomul · #5 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 08:50 AM

Very cool! Love pleuros! Thanks for sharing, your photos were perfect.

Gold3nku5h · #6 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 09:50 AM

i wonder what pollinated it? And why cant it drop its seeds on its own? i expected the ones at my school to open on its own, but it was just rotted

ronaldhanko · #7 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 10:33 AM

It was very likely pollinated by a gnat or fruit fly, possibily self-pollinated. If you just let it drop its seeds they probably will not grow.

dravenxavier · #8 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 06:36 PM

It's actually growing out two more seed pods now, too. So, we'll see. I don't think I'll be looking to use those to propagate anytime soon anyways. But, maybe if I give it some thought..

Gold3nku5h · #9 (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 09:00 PM

Well i would still think that it would have dried up and opened on its own, but then again, that place is pretty humid so mold could have set in very easily before they were done. IDk but i was just hoping that it would have dropped them to say i was actually successful, but to say if there were fertile seeds, we'll never know. I also crossed alot of the same flowers but different colors, so im sure they were the same species.

Those have GOT to be some TINY flowers to be pollinated by a gnat or fruit fly, fruit fly not so much i guess, but a gnat can those polliate things? i thought they fed off of um undersides of leaves?