Is this past the point of hope?

[steam fire and ice]

My Cattleya orchid seed pod isnt doing good I think.

Here is the pod on Wednesday.

The pod today


is it normal, or is it dying? Or is it changing color as it gets bigger? This was my first hand at self pollination.

[kmarch]

They stay green usually up until the time they ripen. It's possible that the pod is aborting or that it never actually pollinated to begin with and the ovary is just dying off along with the flower.

[steam fire and ice]

to quote my daughter.... Well Poop!!! lol well maybe one of the 3 other pollinated plants will hold to full seed. Either way, not upset too much, just another learning experience.

[digitalgate]

that one will drop in a few day.

[steam fire and ice]

I kinda figured it would go on and turn yellowish brown and look more like its dying, but today when I looked at it, it has turned red...... Weird!!!

[orchids4me]

Good luck with the others you mentioned .

[Filb]

If I had to guess I'd say it's just senescing and you're seeing the red pigments in the tissue instead of chlorophyll.

[steam fire and ice]

Well this one did finally drop, so Im now down to 1 cattleya and 1 Phal. I plan on trying to self my Phal. pinlong Cheris since its in bloom now. Expecally since my Phal. sogo lit sunny didnt take. Im not getting too upset about any of it since this is just a way to see if I can do it, and a way I know I could bring a piece of my babies back to the US when I go back.