Hippeastrum calyptratum
320083817243-0001@t-online.de (Sat, 29 May 2004 15:47:42 PDT)

Dear All,

There are two flowers open for the first time on my plant of Hippeastrum
calyptratum. The flowers are totally green without any red or other colour and
emit a very strong strange not to say offensive smell. I wonder how they are
pollinated being so green and growing epiphytically amongst a lot of greenery.
Must be the smell that attracts the pollinator, perhaps bats? Does anybody
know?
I suspect that my plant will be self sterile. will it make sense to send pollen
to the BX? How should I sent it? perhaps on cotton swabs? How else? Is there
anybody interested in pollen at all before I go into the trouble of packing and
sending it?

greetings, Uli