Repoting a Swamp Orchid

[Toshi1040]

Hi there!
I am back again because I am not sure what I suppose do.

I was waiting the flowers to drop-off but instead it has a "bulb" I guess it has some seeds in it.

To produce the keikis of the stems, is it still ok or it is too late ? Should I cut those seeds off or should I wait until it drops ?

Is it difficult to produce new plants from this seeds?

I am sorry for those silly questions but I would be very happy if someone could clarify my doubts.

I meant have some pics here but I couldn't manage to do, I will try to put the pics later on.

Thank you in advance.

[Toshi1040]

Attached the pics of the

seeds.

[Bloomin_Aussie]

OMG!!!! That's a lot of seed!!! Looks like the bees were busy. You can still stem propagate but it would be shame to waste all that seed. Maybe just cut 2 stems then leave the rest of the pods to mature. And then when they mature send the seed to me lol

[Toshi1040]

Hi Dan, thanks.
That could be a nice idea if I knew when they are mature enough and how to produce new plants from seeds.
Also I could send the seeds to you if you want some.

Cheers,
Toshi!

[Bloomin_Aussie]

That would be great... I just play around with flasking for fun. As for ripening times, that is only important if you do green seed sowing. I personally prefer using dry seed, so essentially you just wait for the pods to start yellowing, then harvest just as they split. I can give you some tips if you want to try yourself. It is very labour intensive though so you may want to concentrate more on propagating from the stems...

[Bloomin_Aussie]

After some reading it appears that P. australis is known to be self-pollinating so I'll take back that comment about the bees being busy. It got busy with itself.

[Toshi1040]

Hi, that is interesting. lol.
I will try with propagating with the stems but I will keep one with the seed just by curiosity and if you would like to have some just let me know.
Thanks always.