How to keep the seed of the gentleman orchid, cut off the cross-pollination flowers and arrows

The gentleman orchid usually can keep the seed or not, if the seed needs to be cross-pollinated first, the pollen will be extracted from the stamens, and then point into the pistil on it, then the flower arrow of the gentleman orchid needs to be cut off, the 3~5cm of the flower arrow can be retained, it can be carefully maintained in the sun, waiting for the seeds in the pistil to mature naturally, and can be picked off before falling.

The gentleman orchid retains the seed in four steps: 1. Cross-pollination

The gentleman orchid can only blossom from February to April. Usually during the flowering period of the gentleman orchid, if you want to keep its seeds, you first need to extract pollen from the stamens and then point into the pistil. Generally, the gentleman orchid has a pistil, and all the other parts are stamens. Just wait for it to grow seeds.

2. Proper pruning

When it comes to how to keep the seed of the gentleman orchid, we not only need to cross-pollinate it, but also cut off the flower arrow of the gentleman orchid, and we need to keep the flower arrow 3~5cm, so that the nutrients of the plant can be concentrated and the seeds in the pistil can grow faster, so that the seed survival rate is the highest.

3. Obtain seeds

Usually, after cross-pollination and proper pruning, you need to wait patiently for the seeds in the stamens of the gentleman orchids to mature. Generally, the seeds of the gentleman orchids will crack after they mature, and they will be removed from the stamens before they fall. Just let it dry in a cool and ventilated environment for two days.

4. Management measures

In the process of keeping the seed, the gentleman orchid had better put it in the sun, with the help of the sun, it can not only help the seed mature faster, but also resist the growth of the gentleman orchid. It is necessary to keep the pot soil moist and apply fertilizer to get full seed of the gentleman orchid.