Sedirea japonica x Phal equestris

[Call_Me_Bob]

Any reason this wouldn't work? I happen to have both I'm bloom and want to try my hand at polinating. Seems like it would be interesting to see what it would look like


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[WhiteRabbit]

hmmm ... well, if this cross doesn't already exist, I would expect there is a reason why - either they can't be crossed, or they can be, but comes out a dud

hmm so I searched sedirea x phalaenopsis on the board, and got some matches, as well as on google search (sorry - seems I an unable to post the links right now) :s

[camille1585]

I know that the cross sedirea x phalaenopsis in general exists, but I have a feeling that it may not be a very easy thing to do. Crossing 2 different alliances is usually not very successful. Even if there is pollination there might be few seeds, or few viable seed. I would go ahead and give it a shot, you may get lucky. I would try making the cross in both directions, one may take more easily than the other.

And if you get seed, can I have some?


Found a pic on OB of Sedirea x Phal stuartiana: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-japonica.html
FYI, Sedirea x Phalaenopsis = Sediropsis

[roby]

Phalaenopsis x Sedirea = Sediropsis

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[FairyInTheFlowers]

There is no reason why it shouldn't work. It is the same as crossing a phal and a vanda, and there are quite a few vanaenopsis hybrids. The only potential prob would be the culture, with which you would have to experiment to find out.

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by camille1585

I know that the cross sedirea x phalaenopsis in general exists, but I have a feeling that it may not be a very easy thing to do. Crossing 2 different alliances is usually not very successful. Even if there is pollination there might be few seeds, or few viable seed. I would go ahead and give it a shot, you may get lucky. I would try making the cross in both directions, one may take more easily than the other.

And if you get seed, can I have some?


Found a pic on OB of Sedirea x Phal stuartiana: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-japonica.html
FYI, Sedirea x Phalaenopsis = Sediropsis

i saw that sediropsis ( thanks for finding the name! ) on here a while ago, thats the first time i even heard of the cross. so thats actually that sparked my interested.

of course you can have seed, if you are in the US at the right times.

i cant flask, so i would have to find somebody. i was planning on ( after i found out if the cross is worth trying ) makling a post saying anybody who wanted the seed could have it as long as i got a flask of it.

i looked on google and couldnt find any of the cross

[RosieC]

I'm pretty sure I've seen pictures of a Sedirea japonica x crossed with a Phal. I had not thought of it as a possible cross genus hybrid before that.

Maybe it's the same one you saw Bob. I thought that was equestris but while I remember it was japonica I'm not 100% on the phal in the cross.

[Call_Me_Bob]

The one I saw was stuartina


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[RosieC]

I've found a post about someone having a problem with the stuartina in the cross, but that's not the one I saw.

The one I saw was flower pics, next to plain sedirea japonica flower pics (the flowers looked to me like Sedireia japonica until I compared the two when you could see they were actually quite different.)

I'm starting to wonder if I saw it on facebook not here as a search has not come up with what I saw. I'm seeing what I can find there, but there is no way to search for pictures on there so I'm having to guess who might have posted it.

[Phalguy]

Very interresting indeed ! I have a nice blooming sedirea and phal tetraspis.... I might give it a try...