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Old 01-06-2007, 02:45 PM
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For orchids, "sib" (sibling) means exactly the same thing it does for humans - two offspring of the same parents, in this case the pod parent and the pollen parent. However, for orchids, these can be one and the same if the plant is self fertilized as yours probably was. So your designation for the offspring of your plant's spontaneous pollination would be correct, assuming that you had no other paphs blooming at the time. If you did, the pollen could have come from any of them via an insect pollinator, and the pollen parent would be unknown. It looks like you've got seed, so you could try the bark propagation method that's been discussed here in the forum. I'd be curious to know if anyone can get it to work.

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