Diana I wish I had a secret formula. While I have several plants they don’t seem to bloom for me the same year. Here is the bloom in October 2021. I assumed I needed a flower from another plant to pollinate it. So I didn’t try. Nature just did it’s job. Ken P New Jersey, USA Zone 7a “Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past” George Orwell, 1984 > On Mar 25, 2022, at 9:38 AM, Diana Hurter via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Ken, could you take us one step back and describe your method of pollination? I am so impressed by your seed. Oh and envious too as my attempt at pollinating by paintbrush failed. > > Diana Hurter > In a very warm, dry and sunny London (until next week) >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:04:00 -0400 >> From: Kenneth Preteroti <k.preteroti@verizon.net> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Cyrtanthus herrei >> Message-ID: <D65144D6-A82E-402C-92E0-CF03CBC5B4AE@verizon.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Paul the seedling is mine. David had to send the picture because I did not send a jpeg picture file. >> >> The seeds were planted on the soil surface. I added sand after germination. >> >> Ken P >> New Jersey, USA >> Zone 7a >> >> ?Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past? >> >> George Orwell, 1984 >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of pbs Digest, Vol 61, Issue 23 >> *********************************** > _______________________________________________ > 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>