of course must have been the mass produced hybrids self sterility must be remembered from now thanks
usha di Usha di =========== On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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