Is Doug Westfall still on this list? A few years ago he tried one of the microwave methods. I think it was the one where you microwave the flower’s own pollen a little bit to try to alter it enough that it will allow itself to be pollinated with it. (Or maybe it was the one where you microwave another species of pollen to kill it, then mix it with the pollen from the species itself you’re trying to get seeds from.) In any case, Doug has/had a single bulb of Hippeastrum intiflorum that flowered regularly. He never found anyone anywhere else who had it to get some pollen, and it is self-incompatible. But I do know that on one occasion when he used the microwave method, he got lots of viable seeds and had a number of seedlings from that. I don’t know whatever happened to those seedlings nor the exact details of how he did the microwaving and pollinating. But he was successful on one occasion. --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m > On Feb 17, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Nhu Nguyen <xerantheum@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Robin, I think there are four methods that we have discussed so far. Just > try all of them and tell us if you have success with any of them. > > Nhu > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/