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Magnification equipment for pollinating orchids

Discussion in 'Everything Else Orchid' started by Wade, Nov 23, 2015.

  1. Nov 23, 2015 #1
    Wade

    Wade New Member

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    I have been collecting some Masdevallias and other Pleurothallids and I would like to pollinate some but due to my 61-year old eyes I cannot see well enough to do the job. I was wondering if there was any magnification equipment that any of you use to assist you with this type of thing.
     
  2. Nov 23, 2015 #2
    Marni

    Marni Well-Known Member Staff Member Supporting Member

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    Wade, this is what I use: Donegan DA-10 OptiVisor Headband Magnifier, 3.5x Magnification, 4" Focal Length. It comes in different magnification (smaller) but if you are doing pleurothallids, I recommend this magnification.

    I used this one at a friends and liked it so much I took a picture. Hers may have been newer and cleaner, but it seemed to have a very crisp view.
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  3. Nov 24, 2015 #3
    DPfarr

    DPfarr Well-Known Member

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    I was thinking about making one of these for the greenhouse. I have some Macroclinium I need to do. They have TINY floral parts.

    We had a couple we would use in organic chemistry to take pictures of crystal structure for reports etc. It works pretty well. You can tell the over all build, the lens we used was from a laser pointer.


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  4. Nov 29, 2015 #4
    Wade

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    Thank you so much, Marni. I will try to get one!