Pollination of a Flower

http://www.AmaryllisBulbs.org

Video that accompanies my blog on Amaryllis bulbs. This video demonstrates how to pollinate a flower from these awesome bulbs.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Amaryllis
• Flower
• Gardening
• Indoor gardening
• bulbs
• hippeastrum
• plant propagation
• making more plants
• pollination
• how to make more plants
• Christmas flower
• holiday plants
• how to make seeds on a plant
• garden tips
• reproduction

[plantsman01]

Hello Mr Brownthumb. I have a question to maybe you can anwser it.

I work at a botanical garden and there we grow some botanical species of Hippastrum to.

At the moment a very beautifull one is blooming. H. yungacensis.

I selfed it as it is pretty rare but I also would like to use the pollen to make a hybrid with a big flowered commercial hybrid.

Now I've heard that most big Hybrids are tetraploid. So do you think it is pointles to try?

Thanks

[MrBrownThumb]

@plantsman01 I don't think it is pointless to try. Give it a show and see what happens. Diploid with diploid and tetraploid with tetraploid crosses will result in higher number of germinating seeds but crossing a tetraploid with a diploid is possible, you will probably end up with fewer seeds you can sow.

[Rominitte]

Hi! Great info! Thanks!

When is the best time to sow the seeds?

Shoud I sow them right after they' re ripe?

[MrBrownThumb]

@Rominitte Sow the seeds right after the seed pods opens. They don't stay fresh for very long. I have a couple of posts at the blog linked in the video description about sowing the seeds. Check them out if you have time.

[bmccabe81]

Very Interesting. Like a human man doing the plant with a strap on. (sort of)

[MrBrownThumb]

@bmccabe81 LMAO.

[GoingOrganic1]

Nice video.

[Pinkergloop]

6 people got eaten by a venus flytrap genetically engineered to eat things of all different sizes.

[Rominitte]

@MrBrownThumb

Thanks!

I have a fruit that's almost ripen, and I'm trying to sow some from last year.

When this fruit is ripe i'll sow it! :)