Quote Originally Posted by Halloamey View Post
Yes as explained in the post above, self incompatibility is an issue in most orchids. By ensuring cross pollination plants make sure that there is a mixture of gene pools which avoids amplifying the faults in their makeup. It is very common in orchids, but nonetheless some orchids can be selfed. For eg. my Cymbidium aloifolium selves in many ways, same flower on same plant, different flowers on the same plant and different flowers on two plants both arising from the division of a single mother plant. It depends on the species. From your experience it seems that I have to add Dendrobium kingianaum to the list of self-incompatible plants, thanks !
Thanks all! and Amey, i have just tried pollinating (selfing) my kingianum, the reason i want to self is there is a very short supply of different plants in bloom at the moment lol! i will see what happens....but i was dissapointed the speciosum just dropped, every last bloom, even though i tried pollination on one spike only.