Sophronitis cernua (Project 14 - Spring 2012)

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Originally Posted by 31drew31

Thanks orchidsarefun! I pollinated all 8 flowers that were still open. Had no problems removing the antler cap and pollinia, and think I stuck them in the right spot haha. I believe I found the stigma because it was very sticky and had no problems getting the pollinia to stick. I guess time will tell if I did it right or not! I used a toothpick and removed the pollinia from 2 flowers at once on opposite ends of the toothpick, then place the pollinia in the opposite flower.

Thanks again for the explanation.

I still have new roots coming from the bulb that grew this summer and others that were produced earlier are still growing strong.

This sounds pretty exciting!!!! Did you pollinate the flowers with pollen just from the Soph. cernua?