Re: SPEC: I. cretensis
- Subject: Re: SPEC: I. cretensis
- From: J* I* J*
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:30:02 -0800
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
Dennis Kramb wrote:
>
> Oh, and one other thing. I was tricked! The anther is ATTACHED to the
> style arm. All my other irises that I've pollenated were easy. I just
> plucked off the anther with some tweezers and then smeared it over the
> stigmatic lip. With this cretensis, I had to scrape the pollen off gently
> with a flat screwdriver and then dump it into the stigmatic lip. Sometimes
> I wish I was just a big fuzzy bee! Pollenating would be so much easier.
I find a supply of round toothpick works really well. Dampen the end with a
saliva, collect some pollen on it and wipe it on the stigmatic lip. Move on to
the next flower, clean the toothpick as a function of remoistening it. (or
toss and use a new one)
John | "There be dragons here"
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