hybridizing cymbidiums???

[wgama]

How do you hybridize cymbidiums?

[slipperfreak]

The same as any other plant - you cross two different species, a species and a hybrid, or two different hybrids!

Do you mean to say "How do I pollinate Cymbidiums"? That's a matter of removing the anther cap and collecting a pollinium from one flower, then transferring it to the stigmatic surface of another flower (which is underneath the column). You can use a toothpick for this. Then you wait for the pod to ripen, and either sow the seeds yourself or send them in to a flasking lab.

[wgama]

THanks! ( I meant to put pollinating)

[Cym Ladye]

"......collecting a pollinium from one flower,..."


Keep in mind that Cymbidiums have 2 polinia so be certain both are removed if you plan to use that flower as a pod parent for pollen from another flower.

CL