Phalaenopsis tetraspis

30/06/07

Four flowers between three to seven days old were self-pollinated this morning. Both the pollinia and anther caps were so tightly attached together that not all the pollinia were successfully detached from the anther caps. Each anther cap had two pollinia attached to it, but only a pair of pollinia from one of the four flowers were successfully poped out of the anther cap using my nails. For each of the other three flowers, only one of the two pollinia was detached from the anther cap; the other pollinium remained stucked in the anther cap.

(Photo taken on 05/07/07)

Flower A – One pollinium attached to the edge of the stigma cavity.
Flower B - One pollinium attached to the edge of the stigma cavity.
Flower C – Two pollinia attached right in the centre of the stigma cavity.
Flower D - One pollinium attached to the edge of the stigma cavity.

04/07/07

The stigma cavity of Flower C (with two pollinia attached to center of stigma cavity) have closed. The stigma cavities of the other three flowers remained open. No other visible developments can be observed.

05/07/07

Flowers A and D have closed their petals and dorsal sepal towards the column.

07/07/07

Flower C has turned cream in color. Ovary has started to swell too.

08/07/07

Flower A and D have dropped off.

09/07/07

Flower C has started to turn green. The petals and sepals have became thicker.