Pollen ripening

[Sanne]

I have a couple of questions on pollinating flowers from the Phalaenopsis.
I would like to get soms seed from my orchids, but I offcourse I like the flowers a lot. So these are my questions:

- When I use the male part of a flower to pollinate another flower, will the first flower (the one I used the male part from) also fade?

- When I pollinate a couple of flowers from the same plant will all the flowers fade (also the ones that I didn't touch?) Or maybe only the flowers from the same stem?

- How long should I wait before pollinating? I read something about a day after opening, but that would be a pity for the nice flower. What are the chances of succesfull polinating a flower which is almost at it's end?

- Is it okay to move the plant 2 months after pollinating? (because I will go on holiday and the plants will be moved to someone else)

- I read that when the flowers start to fade by itself after a couple of monts I should cut the stem below the first flower to get a new stem. When I pollinate the flower it has to stay on for 6 months. Does that mean it will take longer before it will have flowers again? And that there will not be a new stem?

Greetings,
Sanne

p.s. english is not my first language, so if I translated some of the orchid terms incorrectly, pleas correct me