kc6847
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This one lasts forever and found out that blooming is triggered by cold winter temps down to the 50s or 40s F. I had two immature growths and both flowered unexpectedly after the mature growth.
Also, the plant seems to have kept a seed pod from the bloom that faded at the beginning of July. I collected pollen from the flower when it was on its last legs but I don't remember touching the stigmatic surface. One of the other blooms has already faced and the whole ovary+spike has browned and shriveled but the one in the back is still standing. Is it at all possible for paphs to spontaneously pollinate?
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Also, the plant seems to have kept a seed pod from the bloom that faded at the beginning of July. I collected pollen from the flower when it was on its last legs but I don't remember touching the stigmatic surface. One of the other blooms has already faced and the whole ovary+spike has browned and shriveled but the one in the back is still standing. Is it at all possible for paphs to spontaneously pollinate?
![1692577636068.png 1692577636068.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/40/40975-d454339196a60163c5a1ed3a8492707c.jpg)
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