I would imagine it would not hurt to make repeated attempts to pollinate it if you still have the donor pollen. Not that I know anything about hippeastrum pollination biology specifically, but in general, making multiple fertilization attempts separated in time is a more reliable strategy than just making one. On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 11:45 AM dkramb via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > That's reassuring, thank you! I am accustomed to other species (genera) > > that drop their flowers almost immediately when pollination is > > successful. This Hippeastrum was giving me anxiety for continuing to > > bloom more than 2 days later. 😛 > > > > On 1/11/2021 1:57 PM, Aad van Beek via pbs wrote: > > > For me that is the rare case when the flower of a hippeastrum fades in > just a few hours after pollination. Depending on cultivar it can take from > a day to more than a week before it happens. > > > > > > Cheers Aad > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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> > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>