Some or many of hybrids are sterile. They produce flowers but no fruits. Some do produce fruits, just use trial and error, take pollen from another plant and not from same plant (incase the hybrid is self sterile). Pankaj
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Seeds sprout and develop initially with the help of fungal mycorrhiza. > Without fungus they may not even be able to sprout. Then they gradually > prepare their reserved food. > So this makes orchids very sensitive. If they cant get fungi then they > die, if they cant prepare their food, then they die... > Pankaj > > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Pankaj >> >> the seeds did not have the reserved food ... the sprout had to develop >> and grow and yet be able to accumulate the reserve >> >> that's what's so amazing >> >> == >> in a few orchids grown as houseplants I have never yet seen a pod develop >> must be very rare >> >> i have even tried hand pollinating but no... seed pods >> may be wrong technique, timing, etc >> >> >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Very simple....THEY STAY ALIVE ON RESERVED FOOD MATERIAL (in this case >>> the reserved food material is in the swollen stem). >>> But orchids do die in harsh conditions. Its like survival of the fittest. >>> You can imagine, one fruit of an orchid can have 1000s and 1000s of >>> seeds, but you dont get to see so many plants or seedlings around.... the >>> answer is more than 80% of them dont survive !! >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> nice terrestrial orchid again >>>> >>>> its a wonder such beauty survives in such harsh rocky (almost no soil >>>> but the fallenb leaf and some mosss may be) foothold. >>>> >>>> usha di >>>> >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Cheirostylis yunnanensis Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 201 >>>>> (1896). >>>>> Synonyms: >>>>> Cheirostylis josephi Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 65 >>>>> (1921). >>>>> Cheirostylis munnacampensis A.N.Rao, Nordic J. Bot. 8: 340 (1988). >>>>> Cheirostylis pabongnensis Lucksom, Indian J. Forest. 20: 305 (1997). >>>>> >>>>> Family: Orchidaceae >>>>> Distribution: Hong Kong, China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ****************************************************** >>>>> **************************************************************** >>>>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>>>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>>>> >>>>> *Office*: >>>>> >>>>> Conservation Officer >>>>> >>>>> Orchid Conservation Section >>>>> >>>>> Flora Conservation Department >>>>> >>>>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>>>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>>>> >>>>> *Residence*: >>>>> House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen >>>>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>>>> *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] >>>>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>>>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ****************************************************** >>> **************************************************************** >>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>> >>> *Office*: >>> >>> Conservation Officer >>> >>> Orchid Conservation Section >>> >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> *Residence*: >>> House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen >>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>> >>> >> > > > -- > ****************************************************** > **************************************************************** > *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. > *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* > > *Office*: > > Conservation Officer > > Orchid Conservation Section > > Flora Conservation Department > > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > *Residence*: > House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen > Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] > *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 > > -- ****************************************************** **************************************************************** *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* *Office*: Conservation Officer Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. *Residence*: House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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