How to pollinate jewel orchids?

[kerokero]

Everytime my jewel orchids bloom (Goodyera, Anoectochilus, Dossinia, Ludisia) but their blooms are so complex, I don't know where all the important flower parts are! I take them apart, and still can't figure it out! I'm not a botanist, but still! I knew I should have taken more botany classes at college...

Does anyone have a guide/pics to help me figure out how to get pollen and where to put it? What are the best times to harvest pollen, and pollenate these guys? Can you store pollen to use next season?

I find it frustrating that I've been able to do this easily with many other plants, but the orchids are so complex comparitively. Very grrrrrrrrrr. Help!

[OrchidLover1982]

the only one i have pollinated (only one that has flowered) of my jewels is Ludisia discolor. Pollination is not hard but the stigmatic surface is not that obvious and took a bit of investigation to work out where it was. I didn't have much difficulty in getting pollen out though. Next time they flower i will take photos of how i do it. The flower structure is a litte different to most other orchids so yes its not quite as obvious.

[gixrj18]

They are a little hard to identify on this species. If you remove the pollinia, and place it directly behind where you removed it from, you should be able to find the spot. There is only a thin membrane seperating the two. Hope this helps.