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Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (11): 2899-2912.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2024-0898

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Breeding System and Pollination Biology of Rare and Endangered Phalaenopsis zhejiangensis

WANG Jiangming1,3, DAI Yingchao2, ZHOU Xinyang1, PAN Chen2, LÜ Jie2, SUN Weiming1, and XIA Guohua1,*()   

  1. 1 School of Forestry and BiotechnologyZhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, China
    2 Administration of Zhejiang Qingliangfeng National Nature Reserve, Hangzhou 311300, China
    3 Forestry Seedling Management Station of Wucheng DistrictJinhua, Zhejiang 321000, China
  • Received:2025-06-19 Revised:2025-08-12 Online:2025-11-26 Published:2025-11-26
  • Contact: and XIA Guohua

Abstract:

In order to explore the breeding system and pollination biological characteristics of Phalaenopsis zhejiangensis,its flowering phenology,floral syndrome,mating system and pollination biology were studied. The results showed that:in Zhejiang,the flowering period of P. zhejiangensis was from May 23 to June 6. The flowering period of single flower was 252.77 h,the flowering period of the plant was 292.21 h,the flowering period of the population was 308.08 h,the full bloom period of the plant was 269.06 h,accounting for 92.08% of the flowering period of the plant. It had the characteristics of centralized flowering. There were some differences in floral syndromes of different populations in different years. Artificial pollination significantly increased seed setting rate,and there was significant difference between artificial pollination and natural pollination. The seed setting rate of self pollination was the highest,up to 97.78%,but the number of seeds per capsule was the least;The seed setting rate of cross pollination among populations was 86.67%,and the number of seeds per capsule was the largest;The seed setting rate of natural pollination was the lowest,only 32.22%,the number of seeds per capsule was between self pollination and cross pollination,and there was a significant difference. The flower visiting insects include BombusApis cerana cerana and Syrphidae,among which Bombus is an effective pollinator. The P. zhejiangensis has the characteristics of concentrated flowering,self-compatibility but no active self pollination,cross pollination is beneficial to improve the seed setting rate and fruit quality;the effective pollinator is Bombus,the seed setting rate is affected by the size of flowering population,floral syndrome,pollinator visiting frequency and human interference. Difficulty in seed planting and germination,lost of habitats and fragmentation are the main cause of endangerment of the P. zhejiangensis.

Key words: Phalaenopsis zhejiangensis, breeding system, pollination biology