Boyce TankersleyDoug Westfall btankers@chicagobotanic.org1111 Claiborne Dr. Long Beach, CA > Hi Doug: > Neither plant will come into flower until next spring. Can you collect some > pollen for cross pollination with my plants? I'll share the seed harvest. > Boyce, I will be happy to try that. With Cyrtanthus, I just clipped the "pollin" and placet it in plastic tube. Will that work with the Veltheimia? What is the "shelf life" of the Velt. pollin? I will need a mailing address. > I shared a mature leaf from both plants with Harold Koopowitz when he visited > the Chicago Botanic Garden last winter in an effort to propagate it by leaf > cuttings or tissue culture. Haven't heard if he had any success. Harold lives a few miles from my home and I have visited him. I know that UCI is working at the tissue culture area. Do you mind if I contact him to ask what progress has been made? Doug