My encyclia profusa has been In bloom for a month now. last week I noticed a lot tof the blooms were starting to swell as if to form seed pods. Of the 72 blooms I got 24 look like they r gonna become seed pods. some r a little more developed than the others but the flowers opened around the same time and were not seen to be self fertilizing. My question is, is encyclia profusa a known self.pollinizer. I have seen hummingbirds around the area. Also the pollinated flowers r missing their pollinia. Whats pollinates this plant in the wild?
Second question. The structure on my blooms looks exactly like enc profusa but in all the pictures I have seen the flowers are basicall a whitish gree. Mine bloomed out with a slight purple striation on the tips. Is it mis id'ed or is this a variant. I hope u can see the details in the photo. I cant get a better pic than that
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ENCYCLIA PROFUSA. QUESTION ABOUT SELF POLLINATION AND POSSIBKE VARIETY.
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