Abstract:The study of the double fertilization and the embryogeny in Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindl. shows that it takes about 130 days between pollination and fertilization. The generative cell divides and forms two sperms in the pollen tube before it reaches the embryo sac. The embryo sac development is of Polygonum type. Because antipodals are degenerated earlier, the embryo sac is composed of the egg apparatus and the central cell before fertilization. After the sperm nucleus enters the egg cell and fuses wi...
