Hi everyone, I am doing my semi-annual outreach for contacts and help with a long term project breeding garden orchids based on calanthe, bletilla, and the hardier cymbidiums. I am wondering if anyone on the list is growing (and flowering) members of these alliances, and would be willing to send me pollen? I can reciprocate of course, or send a portion of any successful seed resulting. At the moment, I am hoping to find pollen from bletia purpurea, calopogon spp, spathoglottis or related, and also from ansellia, cyrtopodium, grmmangis, grammatophyllum or phaius spp.
A related project is working with the most cold tolerant of the laelia alliance. I am unable to source plants, pollen or seeds of Epi magnoliae (=E. conopseum), or Artorima erubescens (pretty obscure, I know). I would love to hear from anyone else who can help with that, or who is working on similar breeding projects. Best Wishes from very soggy Ireland, Erik Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
