Kinrokaku Seed Pods

[Pilot]

Apparently, they're done. I made a cross between kinrokaku and a tiger stripe bean leaf. Never pollinated an orchid before and Quay convinced me to try it and by the grace of God, two flowers took.

Being so new to this I was unsure what to do. Quay talked me through it. I contacted a lab that made Vandofinetia Virgil (friends of Dr Lehr) and because of the unique cross, they agreed to sow the pods for free if they could keep some of the seedlings. I'm fine with that.

So here they are...about to be snipped and overnighted to the lab.

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[Joyorchid]

Super cool! I am so happy for you!!

Now whip me up a chabo or a minmaru. I just lost the one on ebay.

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Joyorchid

Super cool! I am so happy for you!!

Now whip me up a chabo or a minmaru. I just lost the one on ebay.

New world orchids. Dr Lehr will hook you up. I think the standard minmaru goes for like 35. Chabo is 50. I know...insane. But they're super easy to grow and so dang tiny!


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[rangiku]

Congrats, Ryan! Welcome to the wonderful world of hybridizing. Please put me down for a small compot.

And, Joy has it really bad: she wants a Minmaru-shima!

[Joyorchid]

Originally Posted by rangiku

Congrats, Ryan! Welcome to the wonderful world of hybridizing. Please put me down for a small compot.

And, Joy has it really bad: she wants a Minmaru-shima!

Real bad.

[NYCorchidman]

Congrats!!!!

So how long do you have to wait until you see the hybrids to come into bloom?

[jeremiah.chua]

That looks awesome! Congrats

[syspila]

Very cool, and good luck! It would be fun to try a compot--I am in!

[Joyorchid]

I can't wait to see the babies!!

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by rangiku

Congrats, Ryan! Welcome to the wonderful world of hybridizing. Please put me down for a small compot.

And, Joy has it really bad: she wants a Minmaru-shima!

Adrienne-- she's a local great-Denver peep, too!

Joy if you would like to see a minmaru-shima in person just let me know... I'd say within 48 hours you'll have bought one. LOL


Adrienne-- as for the pods-- just sent them off today. David McDaniel is the guy I've been chatting with and he knows Glenn well. Glenn sent me a Vandofinetia as a gift in my last order and I saw David's info on the back of the tag-- so when I got pods to set on my kinrokaku, I figured i'd ping him and it worked! apparently tiger stripes are thought to not pass to progeny, but he suspects it does, but that people don't grow them out long enough into maturity and the cross I chose features TWO tiger stripe parents, so he has hopes that they will in fact grow as tigers stripes, too.

Thankfully, he's excited enough about the cross that he's agreed to do it for plants instead of monetary payment. My plant hobby isn't self-sustaining enough to pay to have MORE plants that demand my attention. LOL

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Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Congrats!!!!

So how long do you have to wait until you see the hybrids to come into bloom?

I'm not sure, really... I imagine it'll be a few years before they're really up and growing with blooms. I don't mind though-- this was totally on Quay teaching me how to make the crosses and on a whim I figured i'd try it out.

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Originally Posted by jeremiah.chua

That looks awesome! Congrats

Thanks! Kinrokaku isn't a bean leaf but it's also not terribly large (or, at least mine isn't)... but those pod are SMALL. And pollen is insanely sticky...HOW I got them to successfully pollinate is beyond me...and two pods, no less. I grow so many other plants and many, when pollinated, will SWELL and show signs of seeds... but these pods are not big and while they swelled a little, it's hard for me to imagine they contain anything. But then I was told that you can't really see most orchid "seeds" without the aid of magnification... so who knows.... hopefully it yields tons of plants I can share.