Phrag. kovachii producing liquid?

[Berthold]

Could anybody observe if the plant is pruducing some liqiud in the center while sprouting the flower?

 

[Rick]

In the center of what Berthold?

 

[Berthold]

In the center of what Berthold?

In the center of the leaf sprout

 

[Rick]

In the center of the leaf sprout

To me that does not sound good. Especially if the fluid is dark and smells bad.

If you blot it up does it keep coming up?

 

[SelectOrchids]

Could anybody observe if the plant is pruducing some liqiud in the center while sprouting the flower?

Some do, same for the Phrag Eric Young from the EYOF, and I have a besseae like that ( even on not yet mature growths)... I still have some plants like that here. The crown is full of water, you remove the water, and you end up the next day with more water. I have no idea why some plants do so, but it is nothing really to worry apparently. The leaves and flower spikes expand normally, at least for my plants.

 

[Shiva]

Could be bee booze!

 

[Berthold]

Some do, same for the Phrag Eric Young from the EYOF, and I have a besseae like that ( even on not yet mature growths)... I still have some plants like that here. The crown is full of water, you remove the water, and you end up the next day with more water. I have no idea why some plants do so, but it is nothing really to worry apparently. The leaves and flower spikes expand normally, at least for my plants.

It is very interesting. It can be a liquid including enzyme to digest insects or other protein like some carnivores do.

Can You analyse the liquid in a laboratory?

 

[Shiva]

Or it could be there to attract pollinators with pheromones, to tell them this place is worth investigating for future flowers.

 

[Rick]

It is very interesting. It can be a liquid including enzyme to digest insects or other protein like some carnivores do.

Is it sticky enough to trap insects? I don't think there is enough space to accumulate enough insects to make it worth a meal.

Pitcher plants, sundews, and other carnivorous plants have comparatively much bigger areas for insect collection not just to increase odds of catching, but to catch enough and big enough to make it worth while to digest.

Besides attractant for pollinator reward, it could also be reward to attract ants for protection from pests.

This is all assuming this happens in wild plants. This could also be an artifact of culture since we provide so much more nutrients than wild plants, and its just overproduction of sugar water at a site where extra carbohydrate production is occurring.

 

[Marc]

Couldn't this be the "happy juice" that a lot of orchids produce when they are taken care of very well? For instance my kingianum's flower stems are currently covered with tiny droplets of a clear sticky liquid.