Another I. anguifuga flower opened today... and it was sunny all day (no rain!)... so I *knew* this was my chance to get some good pollen. Indeed, all 3 anthers were heavy with pollen, so I smeared it on all 9 stigmatic lips of all 3 open flowers. With some luck, I'll have seed to share with the BX later this year. The pollen actually made me LOL. The flower itself is very narrow and small. The color is very dark purple/blue with some white. As for the pollen color? BRIGHT ORANGE. I mean we're talking Cheetos dust orange. My fingers looked something like this when I was done... http://tobyornottobyblog.com/2010/03/… but maybe not so greasy. ;-) LOL. I have to say the vibrant orange against the beautiful dark purple/blue flowers was quite beautiful! Even if it did seem fake, somehow. A lot of the pollen spilled and collected at the base of the flower. I took this crappy photo of it with my cell phone. It was too dark, so the flash went off. It gives you some idea of what I'm talking about. http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/CIMG0336.jpg Dennis in cold/wet Cincinnati
