Flask den. kingianum seeds?

[rosalie]

Should I flask the pollinated seeds of my dendrobium kingianum? They were naturally pollinated by the insects in my garden.What interests me is that next to the plant were a den delicatum "apple blossom" and den. delicatum "madam",so I might get some new hybrids. But then, it seems so much trouble and I have not done this before.

[escualida]

If flasking interests you in any way I would go for it, if it's going to be a hassle for you then I wouldn't bother. You're never going to know for sure which plant the pollen came from so they'd essentially be all NoIDs.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

You'll know when they bloom several years from now if they're selfings of Dendrobium kingianum or whether they're a hybrid.

If you want to raise the seedlings, go ahead. Raising seedlings are always a challenge if you haven't done it before, so there's food for thought in this department.

[Andrew]

If you want to go to the trouble of flasking and growing the seedlings on to flower, you should be able to tell the difference between a kingianum and a Gillian Leaney. That being said, unless you're talking about a really good quality kingianum, that kind of breeding is a little old, even for the US where there are a couple of nurseries starting to sell some pretty good quality lines at the moment. I'm not sure you're going to get anything other than washed out, raffle-table plants.

[rosalie]

Thank you for your responses. I know now not to get my hopes up,but I'll experiment with these instead of throwing them away. I realize the hummingbirds /wasps have been very busy in the garden:>