Hi Folks, As many of you already know, you can cross two plants without having them both in bloom at the same time. You just have to collect, dry, and store the pollen when it is available on the plant. I get asked how to do this often enough that I have put up a web page describing my methods. The material there now is my first rough draft. I expect to refine it later. You can find my comments at: http://shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/… If you have questions about the page, or want to correct some of my errors, please contact me at: <jshields@indy.net> Regards, Jim Shields in chilly, wet central Indiana ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA