Re: question
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- Subject: Re: question
- From: "* b* c* <b*@atlantic.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:34:00 -0600 (MDT)
> I have a question about hybridizing. I am curious as to how long after
opening the
> stigmatic lips are receptive to pollen. Could pollen be used on a flower
that has
> been open for a day? Or should pollination take place ONLY the morning it
opens?
>
Rusty,
You have to beat the Bee. Once a bee or any other pollinating
creature visits the flower, it has already been "hybridized." So, you have
to pollinate it as it opens.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
