Hi I have a my first seedling about to flower. It will probably be a week two judging by the speed at which the flower stalk is forming. I am not sure if will be of any help to you by then however I would be happy to send you some pollen when/if available. Kind Regards and Best Wishes Ron Redding Hervey Bay Australia > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:19:11 -0500 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > From: jshields@indy.net > Subject: Re: [pbs] H. calyptratum > > Hi all, > > Hippeastrum calyptratum is a greenish-flowered species from Brazil. I have > several seedling bulbs of calyptratum, but none have flowered for me > yet. If any do, I will store the pollen. > > The pollen needs to be dried; and for longer storage than about a week, it > needs to be frozen. See my notes at: > http://www.shieldsgardens.com/info/Pollen.html > > Jim Shields > in very snowy Westfield, Indiana > USA > > > > At 07:49 PM 2/4/2010 -0600, you wrote: > > >i have neon, a bright pink variety. how does one go about sharing pollen? > > > >..... > > ************************************************* > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _________________________________________________________________ Video chat with Windows Live Messenger Learn how http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/messenger/…