Neostylis Lou Sneary bloom

[clusty]

Originally Posted by NeofinetiaCanada2014

Gorgeous! Would you collect a pollen and share with us please? I see potential for a line breeding!


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Can do if you wish. Don't you think it is overkill ?
The plant is not that rare. The local orchid greenhouse has a few left and I saw more varieties at the yearly big orchid show.

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

I was thinking of breeding it back to a manjushage or hanakanzashi ... Imagine a triple spurred purple blue down the road??? Yummy


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[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by clusty

Can do if you wish. Don't you think it is overkill ?
The plant is not that rare. The local orchid greenhouse has a few left and I saw more varieties at the yearly big orchid show.

You are so lucky to have such choices! At our little show there aren't even any vandaceous orchids. I was disappointed to find so little available here.

[clusty]

Originally Posted by NeofinetiaCanada2014

I was thinking of breeding it back to a manjushage or hanakanzashi ... Imagine a triple spurred purple blue down the road??? Yummy


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Got instructions on how to harvest polen? I've never done it before.

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

The pollen is located in the column underside. Just above the lip ... If u stick your fingertip between the lip and column, the pollen should attach to it. What comes up is the pollen cap. Use a tooth pick to separate the yellow pollen from the white cap and store in a tissue paper and then ziplock bag, labelling the plant name and date. I would collect a few to store as they (ziplock bag) can be kept in a sealed container in the vegetable section of fridge


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[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

Hi Clusty, any luck in harvesting the pollen? Cheers


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[clusty]

Originally Posted by NeofinetiaCanada2014

Hi Clusty, any luck in harvesting the pollen? Cheers


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Hey,

The new spike is just maturing. When you wrote the last few flowers were withering. New spike should open in 1-2 weeks I guess.

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

Cool! The best time to harvest pollen is when the flower is at half life, and in neos it usually is 1 week... Good luck


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[clusty]

These flowers last a fairly long time. I would say they are still fragrant and in top shape for about 6 weeks.

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

Even better!!! What a joy ! How many times or spikes per year do u get? I assume this is second spike of the year?


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