breeding masdevallias

[eikon]

so i wanna try my hand at breeding. i want to cross a veitchiana with a nidifica (i like the extremes ). does anyone around here have any experience with Masdies? Any tips? How long should it take?
thanks,
jeff

[ThirdDayOrchids]

no experience but a genera id like to try.temps to warm here though.Welcome , im sure someone will have some info as people are smart around here!!
jason

[orchid-man]

I would expect it to take about 140 days
Heres a link that might help

http://members.iinet.net.au/~barryg/SPECIES.htm

[ATester]

if you haven't tried pollenating yet...use a small tooth-pick or a sewing needle to collect the pollinia...put a small wad of spit...that's right..spit, it will help the pollenia to stick to your pollenation tool...