The darn pod exploded when I touched it. All this powdery spore blew all over. Maybe it will land on some beneficial fungal patch, fat chance! lol I did manage to keep some of the seed in the pod but don't know what, if anything, I can do with it.

rofl. Sorry I am laughing. First posting I was so excited for you! It WAS a special seedpod even if the orchid is not. Sorry it EXPLODED. It just reminded me of the seedpods that do that when you parely touch them. Do not know the name like always. But even thou you KNOW they do it. You jumped everytime lol

Who knows, maybe you got lucky ....again!!

cross my fingers for ya

Lucy

That happened to me a couple of years ago. I tried crossing a couple of my epis a couple of years ago & had a pod develop. I was watching it carefully, but it didn't look ready. Suddenly one day it was gone. I didn't luck out, even though I'm sure something must have landed on some soil.
Maybe you will have better luck.

SOrry bout that Karyn. Hope you are feeling ten times better today, but still, dont push it!

Well that bites!LOL Glad you feel well enough to be messing around in the GH..
Kylie

Yes there is a way! Orchids somehow survived before tissue culture, so they will take if the conditions are just right. The usual method is to just sprinkle the seed around the base of the mother plant, and if it's in a quality greenhouse, and it likes your conditions, and you get a little lucky, you may just get some seedlings.
Mature pots with beneficial fungus and perhaps a light coating of moss, etc. seem to do best.
- Tom

Tom I'm kind of hoping that some of the seed will have spilled in a favorable area. That GH is pretty much all orchids. We'll see. At least it was kind of interesting to finally see a seed pod even if nothing happens.