Free seed pods - Orchid Board

susiep · #1 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008, 10:17 PM

Hello! I was wondering if any of you flaskers want any seed pods. I have a few on my Bassavola "Little Stars." It is the best smelling flower at night! I have no idea what it was pollenated with (about 20 potential papas in the orchid house). I guess I can just cut them off, right? I never had a pregnant orchid before

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calvin_orchidL · #2 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by susiep

Hello! I was wondering if any of you flaskers want any seed pods. I have a few on my Bassavola "Little Stars." It is the best smelling flower at night! I have no idea what it was pollenated with (about 20 potential papas in the orchid house). I guess I can just cut them off, right? I never had a pregnant orchid before

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Hey! I would love to try one - I'm recieving my media from OSP soon and I'm sure I'll have room to try this one

I love little stars!

Don't cut anything off though - I think it's easier to ship dry seed than a green pod....so just let it mature.

susiep · #3 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 12:01 AM

Ok, let me know how to go about drying and mailing it.

calvin_orchidL · #4 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 09:53 AM

I think you can just leave them on the plant...when they start turning a bit yellow, fold a coffee filter in half and put it around the pod with stables, so when the pod bursts the seed will be caught inside the filter.

RoyalOrchids · #5 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 11:55 AM

Susie, How far along is she?

I have a pregnant B. little stars too! One capsule was pollinated on 12-15-07 and there are two more from 1-15-08. So one is at about 60 or 70 days and is still green and really swollen. I've heard that this genus should take anywhere between 90-120 days to dry and split. Not sure about this specific hybrid. Probably pretty close as it's a true Brassavola. I'm going to wait and record the time for the first one to dry, then try a green capsule at about 90% mature. I'll let you know.

Calvin, I should have some dry seed pretty soon if you're interested.

Dorothy · #6 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 01:51 PM

Here is a chart of some orchids' seed pod time from germination to capsule maturity .. Lotte & Thomas Orchids

calvin_orchidL · #7 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 01:56 PM

Royal - that would be awesome. Do you know whether the daddy is also little stars?

I have some sedirea japonica maturing real nicely...I only have 2 pods, one of which I'm going to flask. The other one though, I can split into several pinches of seed for trade (interested in formosae dends, some phal species)

RoyalOrchids · #8 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 02:14 PM

Dorothy -- that's a good list. No Brassavola. I did find another list somewhere. Lots of varieties, mostly species (like 40 pages!)

Calvin -- B. 'little stars' x self. Any international shipping issues we need to worry about? Just curious. I'll try to figure out the PM thing (still new here).

Dorothy · #9 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 04:11 PM

For the record - I found this one but didn't find Brassavola nodosa x Brassavola cordata there but give it an extra check in case I missed it

ORCHID SEED

I did find this here - Brassavola pod - OrchidTalk Orchid Forums - Grow Orchids!
"120-150 days for dry seed for brassavola,not any specific brassavola."
I hope this helps

susiep · #10 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 06:29 PM

I have no idea when my plant was pollenated, but there are 3 pods. It was blooming before Christmas so I better get ready. It has been very hot (over 90 on Sat-Sun) so it could pop. I will try the coffee filter trap. What a great idea! I have no idea who the daddy is. We have lots of butterflies and there were Vandas and dens blooming for sure, but I have so many hybrids.... This could be a "heinz 57 little stars!" Hehe