keith kent wrote:

Put this on the colossus and see if you can get the stripe in a larger
flower.....

K

Just so i am on the same wave length K , we are talking crossing pollen ?
I have been thinking of trying crossing Collosus with another.

Regards Keith

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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keith kent wrote:

Put this on the colossus and see if you can get the stripe in a larger
flower.....

K

yes, taking the pollen of the colossus and putting it on the leptoura.
Usually you put the larger flower on the smaller flower, something
about the smaller flower not being able to generate a pollen tube all
the way to the ovary of the larger flower. Also there's the influence
of the extra-nuclear DNA/RNA of the pod parent...maybe helping to make
the stripe come out more.

K


keith kent wrote:
Just so i am on the same wave length K , we are talking crossing pollen ?
I have been thinking of trying crossing Collosus with another.

Regards Keith

"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
keith kent wrote:

Put this on the colossus and see if you can get the stripe in a larger
flower.....

K

Hi K,

I have tried crossing both,see if i get a seed pod ?,
Thanks Keith


"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
yes, taking the pollen of the colossus and putting it on the leptoura.
Usually you put the larger flower on the smaller flower, something about
the smaller flower not being able to generate a pollen tube all the way to
the ovary of the larger flower. Also there's the influence of the
extra-nuclear DNA/RNA of the pod parent...maybe helping to make the stripe
come out more.

K


keith kent wrote:
Just so i am on the same wave length K , we are talking crossing pollen ?
I have been thinking of trying crossing Collosus with another.

Regards Keith

"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
keith kent wrote:

Put this on the colossus and see if you can get the stripe in a larger
flower.....

K

Good going! Label both and date them. Then somewhere online is a list
of pod times - that is the length of time it takes for a pod to ripen.
I don't know about masdevallias. I know Cattleyas are about 3-4 months.
Then you can either send it to flask up before it opens (dehisces) or
very quickly thereafter (like within days.) So start asking around your
area for a flasking service.

K


keith kent wrote:
Hi K,

I have tried crossing both,see if i get a seed pod ?,
Thanks Keith

Here's a list on pod times:
http://www.lincolnorchidsociety.org/flasking/pod.html

K


K Barrett wrote:
Good going! Label both and date them. Then somewhere online is a list
of pod times - that is the length of time it takes for a pod to ripen. I
don't know about masdevallias. I know Cattleyas are about 3-4 months.
Then you can either send it to flask up before it opens (dehisces) or
very quickly thereafter (like within days.) So start asking around your
area for a flasking service.

K


keith kent wrote:
Hi K,

I have tried crossing both,see if i get a seed pod ?,
Thanks Keith

Thanks for the interesting link K,

Dendrobium kingianum does`nt hang about ! 64 days to green pod.
Regards Keith


"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
Here's a list on pod times:
http://www.lincolnorchidsociety.org/flasking/pod.html

K


K Barrett wrote:
Good going! Label both and date them. Then somewhere online is a list
of pod times - that is the length of time it takes for a pod to ripen. I
don't know about masdevallias. I know Cattleyas are about 3-4 months.
Then you can either send it to flask up before it opens (dehisces) or
very quickly thereafter (like within days.) So start asking around your
area for a flasking service.

K


keith kent wrote:
Hi K,

I have tried crossing both,see if i get a seed pod ?,
Thanks Keith