Greetings, My method for pollinating Boophone is to pull an anther off of one of the flowers (with an inch or so of stem). Choose an anther with mature (powdery) pollen. I then brush the anther across every available stigma until the pollen is gone and a pick a new anther. I freely re-pollinate even stigmas I've hit on previous days and do this in the morning for the week or so the larger inflorescence has new flowers. Good luck! -|<ipp ________________________________ From: pbs-bounces@mailman1.ibiblio.org <pbs-bounces@mailman1.ibiblio.org> on behalf of Arnold Trachtenberg <arnold140@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2017 6:31 PM To: pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] Bophone flowers Jim: Just be careful. Pollen is reputed to be an eye irritant. Arnold Trachtenberg arnold140@verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: Jim Foster <fosterjp@cox.net> To: pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sat, May 13, 2017 9:27 pm Subject: [pbs] Bophone flowers I have 2 bulbs in bloom about 7 days apart. My wife would like to pollinate them. Anyone out there offer any tips because there isn't much out there about pollination other than it happens. Just from the two it appears that pollen shed isn't coupled to stigma receptivity. Is that true. If we get a good seed set I will send Dell some for distribution. Jim Santa Barbara _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Pacific Bulb Society | List<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> pacificbulbsociety.org The PBS List is an email discussion of bulbs, sponsored by the Pacific Bulb Society, for people around the world. Although bulbs (defined more broadly to include all ... http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ Welcome to the Pacific Bulb Society Wiki<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/> pacificbulbsociety.org This guide was created by the members of the Pacific Bulb Society e-mail discussion list, a group of people from around the world who are interested in growing and ... _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Pacific Bulb Society | List<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> pacificbulbsociety.org The PBS List is an email discussion of bulbs, sponsored by the Pacific Bulb Society, for people around the world. Although bulbs (defined more broadly to include all ... http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ Welcome to the Pacific Bulb Society Wiki<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/> pacificbulbsociety.org This guide was created by the members of the Pacific Bulb Society e-mail discussion list, a group of people from around the world who are interested in growing and ... _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/