Welcome Tim, anytime. I love these plants a lot. Ah, on new bulbs, that explains it! You see, good results come mostly from well established bulbs. And because you never really know how they were treated before you got them, it is hard to say why so many seedpods fail to develop properly 28 days from fertilisation. This however never stopped me to cross with newly aquired bulbs and what works, works and what does not, doesn’t. I try some of the same crossings later again and most of the time they do work, unless it is a famous triploid (the famous and very loved Ruby Star). There are ways to work with triploids too, it just needs dedication and rinse & repeat, to get better at it. Cheers, Vlad On Sun 24. Jan 2021 at 01:22 Tim Eck via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Del and Vlad, > Thanks for the suggestions. I will take them to heart. The bulbs in > question were new purchases that had been cold treated and so bloomed > earlier than normally. I guess I am questioning the difference between > unpollinated flowers and ones that are pollinated and the ovaries swell > to several times the size they were on the flower and then shrivel. I have > seen this happen more frequently on crinums where they can get to full size > and then be completely empty. I will try pollinating three days in a row > and see if that produces better results. > And Vlad, I live within a kilometer of the 40th parallel. Today was 9hr > 52min long. > Tim > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>