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Originally Posted by tmoney
howdy! from what we can tell (based on limited experience, mind you), there are different windows of time depending on genera. as mentioned, some flowers are so short lived it is probly best to harvest when the flowers first fully opens. with phals, we have had some luck with pollen that was sitting on the flowers for weeks. with paphs, it seems that the best time is within a week or so of the flower opening. but, no teacher like experience, so maybe try harvesting pollen at various stages and track pollination results...
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Thank you for sharing your experience Travis! Before investing too much time into experimentation, I need to reach out to breeders of the different genera I have in mind and grow out plants that won’t struggle supporting a capsule! In the mean time, I’ll sacrifice flowers for pollen on the early side to be safe—I can always scavenge from dry flowers for the sake of experimentation!
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