Thanks, Michael and Rimmer. I'll try both of your suggestions. I'll pollinate at different times of day, and I may cut the stigma of one of the flowers to see if that makes a difference. Nick On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Rimmer deVries <rdevries@comcast.net> wrote: > With many lilies you can cut the stigma and apply pollen to the cut end if > the tip is dry. > Note, this practice is usually done in wide crosses when the pollen parent > has a short stigma and the pod parent (flower being pollinated) has a long > stigma. The reason given is the pollen from a short stigma lily may not > grow pollen tubes long enough down the stigma of a lily with a long stigma. > > Rimmer > > > On Aug 10, 2018, at 2:02 PM, Michael McCaffery > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…