It's unfortunate that it takes such a long time and considerable dedication and cost to raise orchid seedlings. Otherwise, it'd be interesting to see what you get; but, is it worth if when you don't know who is the pollen parent?
I've got a Paph. dayanum that bloomed last spring. One day after it was open for a few weeks, I found a hoverfly stuck at the exit on the left side of the pouch. It kept backing up and trying again and again, on both sides of the staminode. It eventually died in the pouch, as it was just to big to get through the exit. However, because it kept backing up and trying again and again, I realized that it would be spreading the flower's own pollen on it's stigma. Sure enough, when the flower finally faded, it produced a big, fat capsule. I'm going to have this flasked because I do know the capsule is carrying seeds from a selfing. It's also kind of neat to know that the capsule was made by a traped insect, just like the flower is designed to have happen.
