Harvesting and Storing Orchid Pollen

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@OrchidMarcus Ай бұрын

That never enough orchids shirt is awesome! I used to use folded paper to store pollinia, but I’m pretty sure I switched to the centrifuge tubes after seeing one of your videos a while back! Love the system! I do tag my tubes with labels. Isn’t it fun trying not to lose the pollinia? Happens to me all the time! And the tiny ones from like Ascocentrum type Vandas are the worst! Nice tutorial!

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment!! Yeah - I lost the pollinia because I had to use one hand to hold the flower and I was struggling to make sure that my video was in the viewfinder of my camera. I do lose non-sticky pollinia on windy days - those are the worst!!

@kimgarcia5067 Ай бұрын

I love the T-shirt!

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

That shirt was a gift. I would never purchase a black t-shirt to wear in Florida - too hot!! But, this is a cool time of the year so it was OK. Thanks for the comment!!

@rosebowen8924 Ай бұрын

Yes l really enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching - this was a requested video - not sure how many people will find it useful (or entertaining)??

@stpetebackyardorchids Ай бұрын

I sure did!

@KAMJKJ Ай бұрын

Informative video, feel free to update the progress of the development of seed pod and Please make videos on polinating other genus like phalaenopsis, Vanda, and other genera also

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment and suggestions - I will follow up. These crosses seem to have been successful. I was thinking that one of the crosses would fail and the plant would be able to put everything into one capsule but, things never go like you hope... Many of my Phals are in spike so I can do a Phal pollination video and, talk about sticky pollinia - they are stickier than Catasetum pollinia....

@Naturamorpho Ай бұрын

It is a very useful video indeed. Many people don't know quite how to do the pollination. I just think you could have used some feature close-up shots for clarity, maybe showing the stigma a little better. I have done a similar video in which I kind of dissected a flower to show the column and it's parts! It takes some editing, though, which I see you don't usually like to do. But I am sure a lot of people will find your video very useful.

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

I do not mind doing the editing - it was just a little challenging to perform the manipulations and watch myself on my camera monitor. For my next pollination video, I will try including some very close video of the flower parts and the pollination process. This video was a request for a Dendrobium pollination video but I used a large Cattleya as the model since the flower was so large. Thanks for your suggestions.

@Naturamorpho Ай бұрын

@@plantpropagator I like your minimum editing style, it shows you know what you are talking about! My own videos have a cut every couple of phrases... lol

@TheDanEdwards Ай бұрын

Neat, thanks. Just a thought: wouldn't it be easier (both to do and to record on camera) to simply trim back the tepals first, so one doesn't have to continually fight them?

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment - I do not know the effects of trimming back the flower parts. Soon after successful pollination, the sepals and petals wilt and their components are recycled to the plant. This is a programmed cell/tissue death. These flower parts do not really get in the way too much - when I have both my hands free, it is not too hard to move things out of the way to collect pollinia and pollinate. I definitely see your point but I would rather leave things alone and not damage the flower too much during the pollination process.

@rosebowen8924 Ай бұрын

Good morning, l can see clearly.

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your comment!

@elpilarorchids Ай бұрын

howdy, and thanks for the great info :) quick follow up that I didn't hear you mention, do you let stored pollinia come to ambient temp before attempting the cross, or do you just pollinate immediately? we have had better success with warming first, but just curious if you have any data on this point....thanks!!

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

For my pollinia, by the time that you get the tube out of the box and take it to the location of the recipient orchid, it has already warmed up to ambient temps. I am not sure if I would want to do an. experiment to test warming vs not - may be too technically difficult to set up.... I cannot see how this would make much of a difference anyway.....

@TheDanEdwards Ай бұрын

For long term storage, does it help to have dessicant in the tubes in which you store the pollinia?

@plantpropagator Ай бұрын

I have not studied or considered this at all. The tubes that I use are airtight and I think that the moisture levels in the pollinia will come to equilibrium pretty quickly because they are so small. For seeds, some people do use desiccant in the outer container where they store their seeds. The only study of this (with orchid seed longevity after storage) concluded that a crisper drawer of a fridge worked fine without a desiccant. But, I do know people who store seed in envelopes or airtight tubes and then place those in a sealed jar with desiccant. I do not think that the people that do this, have studied this. The seed biologists that I know (not orchid seed) store seed at cool temps (not quite as cold as a fridge) and less than 50% humidity.