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Pollenation of D. gigas.

Dear Hans,    I believe that you would have to place pollen from the ELDER of 
the two infloresences onto the spadix of the YOUNGER as SOON as it opens, as 
only at this stage is the second [and younger] infloresence at female 
anthesis.   This was my experience with D. asperum, which I sucessfully 
pollenated and which I produced seed for me some years ago.   Development to 
maturity took aprox. ten months! 
   I wish you luck if you manage to produce seed in germinating them, as none 
of my seed germinated!   The only person that I know of that has germinated 
Dracontium seed sucessfully is Joep Moonen in Fr. Guiana, so this hints at a 
need for keeping them quite warm.   Good luck!
                                                                      Julius.
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