pollinating lilies
Nicholas plummer (Sun, 12 Aug 2018 12:11:58 PDT)

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

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