Phal orchid cross pollination

[jungleorchids13]

I recently cross pollinated some of my 13 phals that I have in bloom at the moment:

I know they are not all phals in the pic but this gives you an idea of my collection..

I did the pollinating 2 days ago and the ones that I pollinated look like this:

Is this normal? Did I do something right?

Is there anything that I should do for these plants that will be growing seed pods? Special care or fertilizer that I should use?

Thank you for your help!

[Germinatorman]

It looks like the blossom is shutting down which would be normal if fertilization has taken place. You will see that the flowers around it are remaining while the pollinated flower wilts and the petals and sepals fall off. Watch for swelling of the ovarie, right behind the blossom where it attaches to the petiole.

[Brutal_Dreamer]

It looks like the blossom is shutting down which would be normal if fertilization has taken place. You will see that the flowers around it are remaining while the pollinated flower wilts and the petals and sepals fall off. Watch for swelling of the ovarie, right behind the blossom where it attaches to the petiole.

The bloom fading happens pretty fast after pollination, but the swelling takes a much longer time to see.

Cheers,
BD

[jungleorchids13]

SUCCESS!!

[girldesign]

Beautiful collection! Congrats on the successful pollination! I wish you luck in the coming months!
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[panam]

We're going to have so many babies coming up soon!