Hey there Dennis, My Manfreda maculosa self pollenate. I get seed from them each year. Try pollenating them. Cheers kiyel In cold and wet, Napier, New Zealand. http://www.savagegardenz.co.nz/ Kyle.b1@xtra.co.nz On 28/05/2013, at 8:28 AM, Karl Church <64kkmjr@gmail.com> wrote: > HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dennis, I do hope someone was able to send you some pollen. > Karl Church > Dinuba, CA > On May 14, 2013 11:39 AM, "Dennis Kramb" <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote: > >> OMG!!! One of my Manfreda maculosa (PBS BX 284) is sending up a bloom >> stalk. I've been growing this as a *houseplant* (on a *windowsill*!!!) >> since sowing them back on Sept. 12, 2011. I'm totally shocked! (They did >> get to stay outside on the front porch during summer of 2012, though.) >> >> So.... does anyone have M. virginica pollen to send me? Or better still, >> Polianthes tuberosa (single flower form)? :-) None of mine have woken up >> from winter dormancy yet. >> >> What a great birthday present... and my birthday's not for a couple more >> weeks! <3 Big thanks to Monica Swartz for donating these seeds to the BX! >> >> So Very Happy, >> Dennis in Cincinnati >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/