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05-31-2007, 09:01 PM
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Pollen storage and viability
For how long does orchid pollen remain viable if it can't be used right away? I want to make a cross but one of the potential parents is taking its own sweet time to bloom.
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06-01-2007, 01:11 PM
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I don't know and would like to find out myself.
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06-01-2007, 05:11 PM
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I have used this method: the pollinia are wrapped up in soft paper ('kleenex'), with id, and placed in small plastic bottles (I use FDC Vitamins empty bottles), with a silica-gel package inside (to avoid humidity). Then the bottle is placed in the fridge, as far as possible of the freezer. In that conditions the pollinia remain fertile for ~6 months (Stanhopea), or even more (~1 year) in cattleya-alliance orchids. The time of viability is variable from species to species.
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06-01-2007, 06:28 PM
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Thats great info! Thanks.I once stored phal seeds wrapped in aluminum foil in the fridge for about 4 months. Nothing came of it, but only because it I had contamination.
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06-02-2007, 07:07 PM
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Thanks.
Just to clarify, they are stored in the coolest part of the ridge or in the freezer?
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06-02-2007, 07:15 PM
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I understood as far away from the freezer as possible. So fridges are coldest near the top next to the freezer.
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06-03-2007, 12:35 PM
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Tindo "translate" my words in correct english: far away from freezer! Of course if you have a 'duplex' (with separate freezer) you must store jointly with vegetables, in the "not so cool" part!
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06-07-2007, 07:00 PM
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