As pollinate Phalaenopsis at home. professional advice

To propagate seeds phalaenopsis orchid need make pollinated. In nature, they breed mainly cross as nature creates a protective mechanism to prevent self-pollination to produce.

Seeds have not formed, or will not be viable. Therefore, to pollination went well, used 2 flowers from the same or different orchids.

The structure of the flower orchid phalaenopsis

To understand the process of reproduction of plants, you first need to know the structure and name of the parts of its flower:

· Sepals - three lateral sepals;

· Petals - side lobes;

· Labellum (lip) - Transformation petals central in nature serving stand for pollinating insects;

· Column - reproductive organ, consisting of stamens and pistils;

· Pollinia - lumps of pollen.

Each flower has a stigma, which is located at the top of the column with the pollinia inside.

In pollinium sticky tails, which they naturally cling to the backs of pollinating insects.

technology pollination

Experienced growers recommend using tweezers and a toothpick for the procedure.

Pollination is carried out as follows:

· Using forceps must separate cap column, inside which there are lumps of pollen;

· Carefully clean the yellow lumps on the shell;

· Introduce pollen into the lower groove column: it is sticky due to a special substance - stigma.

Enter pollinia to be careful: if too much pressure column will disappear. If the procedure was performed correctly, after a few days with pollen sinus closes.

Flower, who took the pollinia, and one that pollinate gradually wither. At pollinated flowers pedicle changes to red.

Then, starting from the base, it is thickened, there are longitudinal stripes.

After 5 months of a box with the seeds will be the size of about 10cm. Fully ripen grain after 6-8 months. During this time, it is necessary to observe the development of the boxes, change its color.

Professional advice

Professionals recommend to rip the box when you change the color to brown, without waiting for it cracked and opened itself. The seeds of orchids are very small, like dust.

Not to carry out their sterilization procedure that will be problematic because of the size of grains and tear unopened box. Her incision and immediately sown seeds.

But, keep in mind that if the box will act ahead of time, the seeds are immature.

Another tip experts: box at the age of 3 months can be wrapped with a cloth.

If the box and crack, prevent dispersal of seeds. Rag need to be boiled before use.

For the pollination can take two orchids of the same species or variety, e.g., phalaenopsis Aphrodite. The result is the offspring to adopt parental traits.

When 2-pollination of different species can get a brand new hybrid orchid, test yourself as a breeder.