Pollination of orchids
How exactly do orchids get pollinated? I know it's this structure that makes orchids orchids but I've not been able to find any sort of diagram of the anatomy of an orchid flower. I believe a cut flower I have got pollinated somehow. I'm pretty sure this would have happened inside my home because I had the plant for over a month before the flower started to change (it was cut a couple weeks ago and had been on the plant before that) and there's still another flower on the same stalk that's fresh, turgid and beautiful.
I've also been curious about hand pollination. I had to hand pollinate my squash last year because the plant started making female flowers before it ever produced male flowers and I had to freeze the pollen to use on flowers that opened on days there were no male flowers. Anyway, anyone have reading material for someone that's curious like I am?
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