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seed pod maturity
I wrote several months ago about fertilizing some orchids because I
wanted to attempt some tissue culture techniques etc. I now have two seed pods, one from a phal NOID (but looks great) and a dend NOID which also looks great (hence propagation). My question is, it has no been close to 6 months since the pods are fertilized, they both grew very fast and have been in what can only be described a dormant stage, with nothing happening. They are both still green on their respective spikes and I was expecting them to start turning brown or something soon. Can anyone tell me please what I should be expecting as far as when is the right time to visually asses the 'ripeness' of the pods? Absolutely any help would be wonderful as I would hate to open up a pod with immature seedlings. Thanks! Nigel |
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In my experience, the time to harvest for "green pod" culture is when one
end ***just*** starts to turn the slightest bit yellow. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "nigel savage" wrote in message oups.com... I wrote several months ago about fertilizing some orchids because I wanted to attempt some tissue culture techniques etc. I now have two seed pods, one from a phal NOID (but looks great) and a dend NOID which also looks great (hence propagation). My question is, it has no been close to 6 months since the pods are fertilized, they both grew very fast and have been in what can only be described a dormant stage, with nothing happening. They are both still green on their respective spikes and I was expecting them to start turning brown or something soon. Can anyone tell me please what I should be expecting as far as when is the right time to visually asses the 'ripeness' of the pods? Absolutely any help would be wonderful as I would hate to open up a pod with immature seedlings. Thanks! Nigel |
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I've had some capsules, such as Cochleanthes amazonica, split wide open with
no warning whatsoever. That took 95 days. I have some Cymbidium caps still swelling after 11 months now and they started turning a little yellow 4 months ago The yellow has slowly progressed along the midribs of the cap but there's still plenty of green. I believe Charles Baker is supposed to come out with a list of species cap maturation times to go along with the invaluable culture sheets but there's no specific release date I know of. There's a list at http://members.iinet.net.au/~barryg/main.html which might give you some guidelines. The informational pages at www.troymeyers.com might help. Good luck Gary "Ray" wrote in message ... In my experience, the time to harvest for "green pod" culture is when one end ***just*** starts to turn the slightest bit yellow. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "nigel savage" wrote in message oups.com... I wrote several months ago about fertilizing some orchids because I wanted to attempt some tissue culture techniques etc. I now have two seed pods, one from a phal NOID (but looks great) and a dend NOID which also looks great (hence propagation). My question is, it has no been close to 6 months since the pods are fertilized, they both grew very fast and have been in what can only be described a dormant stage, with nothing happening. They are both still green on their respective spikes and I was expecting them to start turning brown or something soon. Can anyone tell me please what I should be expecting as far as when is the right time to visually asses the 'ripeness' of the pods? Absolutely any help would be wonderful as I would hate to open up a pod with immature seedlings. Thanks! Nigel |
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"nigel savage" wrote in
oups.com: I wrote several months ago about fertilizing some orchids because I wanted to attempt some tissue culture techniques etc. I now have two seed pods, one from a phal NOID (but looks great) and a dend NOID which also looks great (hence propagation). My question is, it has no been close to 6 months since the pods are fertilized, they both grew very fast and have been in what can only be described a dormant stage, with nothing happening. They are both still green on their respective spikes and I was expecting them to start turning brown or something soon. Can anyone tell me please what I should be expecting as far as when is the right time to visually asses the 'ripeness' of the pods? Absolutely any help would be wonderful as I would hate to open up a pod with immature seedlings. Thanks! Nigel This may help you http://www.orchidworks.com/ozone/greenpod.htm |
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