pollinating lilies
Michael McCaffery (Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:02:58 PDT)

Nick,

I grew L. catesbaei several yeas ago. While I could never self them, I
generally got good seed set when crossing between plants.
I believe that I waited until the pollen readily adhered to the stigma,
probably when it was moist-looking and in the morning or evening (higher
humidity)
I would suggest trying to very gently pollinate the same flower a few times
times to maximize differences in environment and receptivity.
Be gentle though, as you do not want to disturb previously germinated
pollen grains. Apologies for the vagueness, but it's been a while.

Mike
Gainesville, FL

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 1:18 PM, Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com>
wrote:

Hi all,
George Goldsmith's question about significant factors in pollination and
Dylan Hannon's reply makes me wonder about my failures to pollinate Lilium
catesbaei. I have several L. catesbaei plants that I have tried hand
pollinating on numerous occasions without success. Once, and only once, a
plant was pollinated by some insect. Foolishly, I didn't keep the seed--I
thought I could just produce more whenever I wanted.

I currently have four plants in bud and would appreciate any suggestions
for successful pollination of this species or lilies in general. I know
the plants are not the same clone--three of them I grew from seed, and the
fourth came from another grower.

Thanks.

Nick Plummer
North Carolina, Zone 7
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