Jim, How many years old is the pollen? I've used pollen five years old, stored in snap vials in the household freezer, that yielded very good (hybrid) results. Dylan On 21 August 2013 15:56, J.E. Shields <jshields@indy.net> wrote: > Hi Ray, > > My mandonii is self-fertile, so you can try self-pollinating as a last > resort to get seeds of pure mandonii. My stored pollen of mandonii is > years out of date; I need to throw it out and store fresh. > > Jim Shields > > > At 06:43 PM 8/21/2013 -0400, you wrote: > > >Hi, all: > > > >My Hippeastrum mandonii is sending up a scape right now, I am wondering if > >anyone has its pollen available. If so, please email me privately, I can > >either trade or buy. Thanks. > > > >Ray > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- * "In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty."Proverbs 14:23 *