Orchid Karma :: An orchid blog » pollination http://www.orchidkarma.com My name is Karma, I am from Gothenburg, Sweden and I blog about my orchid obsession. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:30:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Seed pod failure http://www.orchidkarma.com/seed-pod-failure/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/seed-pod-failure/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:48:53 +0000 Karma http://www.orchidkarma.com/?p=2099 It has been quite exciting to follow the development of the Prosthechea cochleata seed pod over the past few weeks. It has been swelling rather quickly and it has been a thrill to watch as it is my first pollination attempt. Then things started going wrong… The new bud forming on this years new [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/seed-pod-failure/feed/ 8 Pollination update – week 1 http://www.orchidkarma.com/pollination-update-week-1/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/pollination-update-week-1/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:05:17 +0000 Karma http://www.orchidkarma.com/?p=1852 One week has passed since my first pollination attempt and, impatient as I am, I feel that it is time for a status update. In the right corner we have the graceful Paphiopedilum Vinicolor and in the left corner, the faithful bloomer Prosthechea cochleata.

The P. Vinicolor flower have now started to wilt, which [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/pollination-update-week-1/feed/ 2 The violation of Vinicolor – my first attempt at pollination http://www.orchidkarma.com/the-violation-of-vinicolor-my-first-attempt-at-pollination/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/the-violation-of-vinicolor-my-first-attempt-at-pollination/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:18:32 +0000 Karma http://www.orchidkarma.com/?p=1785 The congenial morning cup of coffee gave way to much more indecent ideas as the second bud on the voluptuous Vinicolor begun to unfold. The first flower was still in fine form and with one more on the way I felt the first could be sacrificed for science… or at least some experimenting. I [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/the-violation-of-vinicolor-my-first-attempt-at-pollination/feed/ 6