Re: pollinating Anth veitchii ?

From: Greggy6392 at aol.com on 2000.05.09 at 01:36:12(4551) I am surprised that A. veitchii is seeming to cause problems selfing, I (another gardener), like Selby used the technique of rubbing pollen from the upper half of the inflorescence to the lower half of the spadix using fingers, on the same plant (as we only had one) and had a good fruit set. This was also about 2 years ago and it has produced some nice seedlings. The only thing I can think of other than beginners luck is that I remember being told that the spadix heats up when receptive and I checked it each day. It did indeed heat up significantly one day and this is when I carried out the pollination. Hope this helps, Alan Gregg +More Swansea Botanical Complex

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