Wow a pollination strategy that allows for greater genetic diversity when conditions are good and settles for "any port in a storm" when conditions aren't ideal. Arnold Aug 18, 2010 01:56:03 AM, pbs@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: =========================================== Joshua wrote: > >>> I was just curious as to which Amaryllid Species are self fertile?? >How >does this technically work?? > >To make things even more challenging, the late Les Hannibal said the >pollination behavior of Amaryllis belladonna changed depending on the >temperature at the time of pollination. In hot weather, he said, the plants >tended to set apomictic seeds (clones of the seed parent) no matter where >the pollen came from. But if pollinated when the temperatures were cool, >the plants would reproduce sexually. > >I've never confirmed this myself, and I don't know if it would apply >to >other Amaryllids as well. > >Mike >San Jose, CA > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >