Paramongia weberbaueri
Ina (Mon, 13 May 2013 23:48:05 PDT)

There was some discussion at one time about needing a second clone to
pollinate these flowers. Just this week there was another discussion on
this on Facebook. Ernie deMarie said:

"There was only one clone at NYBG when I worked there, and I set seed on
it. The clone came from Longwood. I believe Marc Hachadurian has also
set seed on this clone, which of course by now has also multiplied by
offsets. I remember doing bud pollinations after reading about it
working sometimes with Hippeastrum, the idea is that the stigma surface
doesn't develop the protein that caused self sterility until the flower
is open."

I checked with Ernie if I could use that.

"Of course, feel free to quote me. You might also ask Marc for his
experience with the same plants, when I first worked at NYBG there was
one pot, but with a more generous feeding and repotting effort, there
were several when I left and I think they have several pots, all the
same clone, now. I have seedlings from refrigerated seed I set, but
they are not blooming size yet."

I thought it might be of interest to those who just have the one clone.

Ina

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Ina Crossley
Auckland New Zealand Zone 10