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</div> </form> <br /> <hr /> </div> </div> <div class="itemtext"> <p><div style="clear:both;"></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Q</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">uite on a whim, I decided to attempt pollination between several plants that were in simultaneous bloom. The canidates I chose were </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Brassavola </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Little Stars, </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Laelia anceps</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Anacheilium radiatum</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Lctna. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Highland, and </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Blc. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Memoria Vida Lee 'Limelight'. The crosses were as follows:</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">B.</span> Little Stars x <span style="font-style: italic;">Lctna </span>Highland [<span style="font-style: italic;">Otaara</span>];<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">B.</span> Little Stars x <span style="font-style: italic;">Laelia anceps</span> [<span style="font-style: italic;">Brassolaelia</span>]; and<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Anachilium radiatum </span>x <span style="font-style: italic;">Blc</span>. Memoria Vida Lee 'Limelight' [<span style="font-style: italic;">Davidsonara</span>].<br /><br />Unfortunately most of the crosses failed. In the case of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Anacheilium</span> the flower dried up and fell off. The attempted <span style="font-style: italic;">Otaara</span> cross between </span>Little Stars<span style="font-weight: bold;"> and </span>Highland <span style="font-weight: bold;">formed a seed pod, however that turned yellow and fell off after 15 days.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/1600/Brassavola%20Little%20Stars%20x%20L%20anceps.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/200/Brassavola%20Little%20Stars%20x%20L%20anceps.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">So I have one little pod left, the cross between </span>Little Stars<span style="font-weight: bold;"> and <span style="font-style: italic;">L. anceps</span>. The species cross between anceps and nodosa has the grex name of <span style="font-style: italic;">Bl. </span>Aurora, no crosses between anceps and </span>Little Stars<span style="font-weight: bold;"> has been registered so far, perhaps due to the similarity between </span>Little Stars<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">and its parent <span style="font-style: italic;">B. nodosa</span>.<br /><br />The green pod time for <span style="font-style: italic;">Brassavola </span>hybrids is three months, so I have another 50 days before I can harvest this pod and send it off to a lab. After a year or so at the lab, a year in compots, and two or so years to blooming size, I should have a nice little crop of novelty <span style="font-style: italic;">Brassavola </span>hybrids.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/1600/B_Little%20Stars.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 112px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/200/B_Little%20Stars.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm expecting the terete vegetative habit and spidery flowers</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> that are so typical of most nodosa type hybrids. I am hoping that some interesting colors come through, light pink with spots would be nice. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Laelia anceps</span> variety I used has the delicata coloration, a very light pink with a mauve lip. The pseudobulbs are small and the spike is short. These characteristics will hopefully result in some</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/1600/L%20anceps%20_Los%20Osos_.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 74px; height: 71px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/200/L%20anceps%20_Los%20Osos_.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> dwarfing of the offspring. What I am not expecting is increased thermotolerance. Backcrossing of the first generation with the <span style="font-style: italic;">L. anceps</span> parent may produce this physiological ability in the offspring. This is a reciprocal cross of <span style="font-style: italic;">Bl</span>. Aurora that was registered in 1995 by Silvera (I'm assuming this is the same Silvera as </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gaspar Silvera, proprieter of <a href="http://www.orquideastropicales.com/index.htm">Orquideas Tropicales</a> in Panama).<br /><br />This mild success at cross pollination has spurred me to create a pollen library of select plants that have bloomed recently. Currently I have collected pollen from <span style="font-style: italic;">Prosethechea vitellina</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Anachielium radiatum</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Laelia gouldiana</span></span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">Blc. </span>Mem. Vida Lee 'Limelight'. 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