Thanks Pankaj Ji for the lovely set of information, Can you kindly provide some information regarding pollination if available with you Tanay
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Nervilias have one particular thing in common. It tend to initiate > floral stalk from the underground corms only after a short rain, that > is during pre monsoon. If the pre-monsoon is delayed then they can > give floral shoot only if it get interrupted rain. Otherwise this > plant give foliar shoot during rainy season. The blooming period is > very very short. I imagine, my N. infundibulifolia bloom didnt even > last for 3-4 hrs...... > In such short time I imagine how it manages to get > pollinated......SO.....to compensate this, they grow in large > bunches....I have seen patches of Nervilia prainiana, N. aragoana, N. > gammieana at different places, where number of individuals were more > than 1000s..... > > Orchids have mind too :)) > > Pankaj > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
