catasetum cirrhaeoides - female

just to share the female catasetum cirrhaeoides 'claro'. though many growers dislikes the female flower of the catasetum, i embrace the arrival of this female cirrhaeoides with much joy. the flower size are much smaller, you can see the relative size of it in the first pic below, using a standard ball point pen as a marker.
i did try to self pollinate this, just curious would i still get a group of "claro" progeny or mixture of it.

the first pic below was taken two days before the female blooms

 female flower spike

closeup of female flower

My first female catasetum flower

this female flower is catasetum Chong Keng Yong. its a first female flower for me and the best part is that i had a male flower blooming at the same time so i guess i had the chance to try with hybridization as well. if pollination is successful i guess i got to find a orchid nursery to help me with the flasking. if everything goes on well, i even thought of registering the hybrid.

its only the first step so far and still so many steps far ahead. i guess it would be 3-4 years at least before i can see the product of my hybridization.

the second pic is after the male pollen (paired yellow structure) is in place. keeping my finger cross :)