Saves the breeder some work.
Did you observe the position of the pollinia arm when the flower opened?
Yes I did actually since this happened last year and was curious. The pollinia were away and clear from the stigma during the bulk of time the flower was open, but definitely bent downward as opposed to sticking straight out like I usually see in other species flowers. But there was an obvious gap between the pollinia and sides of the stigma.
The flower was fully open around May 1, so it's been open for a month. The flower was looking pretty good up until a couple days ago, and it senecesded very quickly and fell off. It almost looks like the arms bent into the sides of the stigma and you can see small bumps that look like "melted" pollen on the left and right edge of the stigma.
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