Re: Amorphophallus titanum flowering at Selby Gardens
- To: lindsey@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Amorphophallus titanum flowering at Selby Gardens
- From: "* G* <a*@unity.ncsu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:06:09 -0500 (CDT)
On May 11, 10:13pm, Scott Hyndman wrote:
> Subject: Re: Amorphophallus titanum flowering at Selby Gardens
Donna,
Congratulations to the Selby staff on the upcoming Titan event.....Are
you folks going to be taking photos that can be used to print postcards?
>
> You asked me some months ago about Am. titanum controlled pollination, so
> here are the essentials on the pollination of your twins.
Scott,
Thanks for this aritcle on pollinating Amorphs. I found it very interesting.
I have to disagree with you somewhat. From my very limited experience of
pollinating Amorphs I have noticed 2 types of pollens. For the non-amateurs,
I will conitinue this thread in non-technical terms.
Amorphs such as A. paeoniifolius have a yellow, wettish, heavy type of pollen
that is rather difficult to work with. This type of pollen probably should
be handled as Scott stated. Amorphs such as A. konjac have a black, dust-like
type of pollen. I have kept A. konjac pollen in a plastic container in
the refridgerator for 1 year before using it and the results were near 100
percent successful. I have collected A. konjac pollen in a plastic container
and left it in the greenhouse without a lid on the container for 6 days and
it was still perfectly good. The greenhouse temps ranged from 45- 80 degrees
within the 6 day period.
If and when my lil titans come into bloom, I'll be following Scott's advice
and hopefully Donna's confirmation on Amorph pollination.
Alan
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