Re: [aroid-l] help with pollination

From: "Michael Marcotrigiano" <mmarcotr at email.smith.edu> on 2004.02.10 at 15:53:59(11139) too bad they are in the wrong order. I want the shattered glass to be female since the chance of inheritance being maternal is great. I put it in a cold greenhouse and the proposed dad (Leo Song) which is maybe two days behind is now in our orchid house at 90F. So with the variegated at 55F I hope I can do it? +More _______________________________ Michael Marcotrigiano, Ph.D Director of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Biological Sciences Smith College Lyman Conservatory, 15 College Lane Northampton, MA 01063 email: mmarcotr@smith.edu voice: 413-585-2741; fax: 413-585-2744 www.smith.edu/garden www.science.smith.edu/~mmarcotr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding." Marc Chagall >>> alan_galloway@ncsu.edu 02/10/04 08:19AM >>> > My variegated A. konjac 'Shattered Glass' is flowering for the first > time. Even the spathe is variegated rosy red and purple. > I wanted to get seed from it by crossing it with other cultivars (using > it as the female) but it is about a week ahead of my other clones. > > Can I self-pollinate it? Extremely unlikely > > Can I save pollen just in case I want to cross it as a male? > Yes. Just brush the pollen into a small container and store in the Fridge > Any instructions on pollination are helpful. > Use to pollinate the next flowering of an Am. konjac just as the spathe is opening up. Good luck, Alan

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