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Ethically, though, this is really not a good mentality. Just because a cross now exists either in-flask or out of flask, without the images of the flowers to prove the cross is viable and legitimate, I don't see the point. There are many fraudulent crosses out there, either because they are...

This is quite handsome. I'd be interested, though am slightly space challenged myself. What is the height? Thank you!

Adding to what the first commentor already said: There are different traits that have the potential to be inherited by pollen donors vs. pollen acceptors, but nothing is ever so straightforward with genetics, especially orchids. For example: I have a Myrmecavola hybrid that, when not...

Nicholas Rust is selling limited quantity of seedlings in his site, and he seems to have grown them well. If you have a way of contacting him in instagram or elsewhere, I recommend reaching out to see what he does.

I wish people would stop villainizing scientists and data. If you knew anything about genetics and the history of this genus, youd know that it has actually ABSORBED many other genera. But even if this genus is split, what’s the problem? It is the largest in the orchid family, among the...

Again, all are Asian/Austronesian. Believe me when I say I am reaching out here as a last resort. I have scoured every imaginable seller, and only Andy’s has possibly had one or two species, but I found that they were misidentified and actually have African distribution as well, so not really...

They have Bulbophyllums but most if not all are Asian/Austronesian.

I can only speak anecdotally to my own collection, but I pay absolutely no attention to species-specific conditions on a season-season basis, and I get flowers every year at the same time (almost to calendar date). What I do differently than most is leaving ALL Laeliinae (except Brassavola...

Any South American Bulbo species for sale anywhere is what I’m after. Ive emailed Bulbo-specific growers and even they had no clue. Ive attempted sesrching scholarly websites but the few there are are behind pay walls. It’s possible that Andy’s has one or two, but looking them up shows they...

Sounds like exactly the issue at our local center (NCJC) . . . Ive started going to Mid-Atlantic just to get a fair shot, because theyre super professional and efficient, on a completely different level than the other, closer center.

Definitely a fading flower that does not detach. Again, as the other user said, each species varies, but so far my two attempts have both been a success, and they behaved almost the same way (Paph. delenatii and Paph. liemianum), with the flower itself not doing much except lose some vibrancy...

I have also this problem on just ONE of my 3 Phrags, and I thought it might be due to some weird manifestation of sunburn or heat stress, as you said, but only one plant is affected. What leads you to believe it is due to temperatures or something otherwise physiological? I want to agree with...

Oh very much so. I am not sure about Cypripedium specifically but many pollinia of long-lived flowers aren't even at their peak until the flower is fading. I oft collect pollinia from my own collection's "graveyard" and store it in the fridge for later use in crosses, and so far I've had a 60%...

Hello to all. As the Cypripedium acaule flowering season winds down here in the Mid-Atlantic (Washington, DC), I wanted to offer anyone farther north or still in bloom, hoping to outcross the species some pollinia I collected from a spent flower I encountered in my favorite spot. I have...

For some reason I can’t seem to message you, but if youre in the US, I’d love to try out some of your pollinia, and want to send my address in a secure way somehow.

Who did you use? I’ve only sent things to Troy Meyers of Meyers Conservatory. He is extremely organized, and professional and knows a lot about orchids. I recommend him.

Exactly! Definitely more challenging in Epidendroids, especially since the pollen seems to almost fuse, and become part of the stigma in Cattleya and others without wings, or is alternatly enveloped by the rostellum in Zygopetalinae. My Pleione did something even more sinister, because the...

I had the same idea, with a Polychilos phalaenopsis flower I pollinated, and once I noticed the flower faded without accepting the pollen (no swelling or elongation), I figured I should just take it out and use it on another flower (It was a rare color form of a hard to find species) but the...

My thoughts exactly! Ive even harvested viable pollen from dried/dead flowers, but Ive noticed the receptivity of the stigmatic surface is much more finnicky, as to be expected.

Hi, thanks for your reply! I don’t think the age should matter too much. I wiuld love to try! The flower just opened today.