Hi, Quote from Ian Young's Bulb Log " It is common across many flowers for the pollen to ripen before the stigmatic surface is revealed or receptive, in the hope that a pollinator will bring pollen from another clone as that will give the best fertilisation and the widest spread of genes - if that fails the opportunity is still there for self-pollination to occur." It is a topic he has discussed more than once, although I can't pin point when... -- David Pilling http://www.davidpilling.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…