help with pollination

From: "Michael Marcotrigiano" <mmarcotr at email.smith.edu> on 2004.02.09 at 21:41:24(11128) Hi aroiders: My variegated A. konjac 'Shattered Glass' is flowering for the first time. Even the spathe is variegated rosy red and purple. I wanted to get seed from it by crossing it with other cultivars (using it as the female) but it is about a week ahead of my other clones. Can I self-pollinate it? Can I save pollen just in case I want to cross it as a male? Any instructions on pollination are helpful. To see its image go to http://www.exoticfinches.com/plants/amorphstory.htm Michael Marcotrigiano +More Director, Smith College Botanic Garden _______________________________ Michael Marcotrigiano, Ph.D Director of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Biological Sciences Smith College Lyman Conservatory, 15 College Lane Northampton, MA 01063 email: mmarcotr@smith.edu voice: 413-585-2741; fax: 413-585-2744 www.smith.edu/garden www.science.smith.edu/~mmarcotr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding." Marc Chagall

From: "Bryant, Susan L." <SLBryant at scj.com> on 2004.02.10 at 12:59:32(11132) Do you have a picture of the inflorescence? Susan +More Hi aroiders: My variegated A. konjac 'Shattered Glass' is flowering for the first time. Even the spathe is variegated rosy red and purple. Michael Marcotrigiano Director, Smith College Botanic Garden

From: "Alan Galloway" <alan_galloway at ncsu.edu> on 2004.02.10 at 13:19:55(11133) > My variegated A. konjac 'Shattered Glass' is flowering for the first > time. Even the spathe is variegated rosy red and purple. > I wanted to get seed from it by crossing it with other cultivars (using > it as the female) but it is about a week ahead of my other clones. > > Can I self-pollinate it? Extremely unlikely +More > > Can I save pollen just in case I want to cross it as a male? > Yes. Just brush the pollen into a small container and store in the Fridge > Any instructions on pollination are helpful. > Use to pollinate the next flowering of an Am. konjac just as the spathe is opening up. Good luck, Alan

From: "Michael Marcotrigiano" <mmarcotr at email.smith.edu> on 2004.02.10 at 15:52:26(11138) Not yet but I'm taking one today _______________________________ Michael Marcotrigiano, Ph.D +More Director of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Biological Sciences Smith College Lyman Conservatory, 15 College Lane Northampton, MA 01063 email: mmarcotr@smith.edu voice: 413-585-2741; fax: 413-585-2744 www.smith.edu/garden www.science.smith.edu/~mmarcotr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding." Marc Chagall >>> SLBryant@scj.com 02/10/04 07:59AM >>> Do you have a picture of the inflorescence? Susan Hi aroiders: My variegated A. konjac 'Shattered Glass' is flowering for the first time. Even the spathe is variegated rosy red and purple. Michael Marcotrigiano Director, Smith College Botanic Garden

From: "Michael Marcotrigiano" <mmarcotr at email.smith.edu> on 2004.02.10 at 15:53:59(11139) too bad they are in the wrong order. I want the shattered glass to be female since the chance of inheritance being maternal is great. I put it in a cold greenhouse and the proposed dad (Leo Song) which is maybe two days behind is now in our orchid house at 90F. So with the variegated at 55F I hope I can do it? +More _______________________________ Michael Marcotrigiano, Ph.D Director of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Biological Sciences Smith College Lyman Conservatory, 15 College Lane Northampton, MA 01063 email: mmarcotr@smith.edu voice: 413-585-2741; fax: 413-585-2744 www.smith.edu/garden www.science.smith.edu/~mmarcotr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding." Marc Chagall >>> alan_galloway@ncsu.edu 02/10/04 08:19AM >>> > My variegated A. konjac 'Shattered Glass' is flowering for the first > time. Even the spathe is variegated rosy red and purple. > I wanted to get seed from it by crossing it with other cultivars (using > it as the female) but it is about a week ahead of my other clones. > > Can I self-pollinate it? Extremely unlikely > > Can I save pollen just in case I want to cross it as a male? > Yes. Just brush the pollen into a small container and store in the Fridge > Any instructions on pollination are helpful. > Use to pollinate the next flowering of an Am. konjac just as the spathe is opening up. Good luck, Alan

From: Nathan Lange <nelange at concentric.net> on 2004.02.11 at 18:07:40(11141) Pollen can be collected by carefully turning the bulb/flower upside down over a piece of newspaper and gently tapping on the base of the flower. The pollen can be stored in refrigerated sealed containers for over a month, if not longer. Perhaps the pollen can be stored until next year. The stigmas are most receptive to pollen during the peak of the flower's characteristic aroma. My experience has been that by the time the flower's signature fragrance has passed and pollen dehiscence has begun, the chances of successful pollination have greatly diminished. Self-pollination would be successful within the same clone but, with only one flower, the pollen won't be produced until after the receptiveness of the stigmas has passed. As soon as you have two flowers that don't open on the same day, you should be able to pollinate the second flower with pollen from the first. Alternatively, in theory you can pollinate within the same flower. The people at Huntington did just that with A. titanum. They have a description of their procedures at http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/TitanPollen.htm. Good luck, Nathan +More At 04:41 PM 2/9/2004 -0500, Michael Marcotrigiano wrote: Hi aroiders: My variegated A. konjac 'Shattered Glass' is flowering for the first time. Even the spathe is variegated rosy red and purple. I wanted to get seed from it by crossing it with other cultivars (using it as the female) but it is about a week ahead of my other clones. Can I self-pollinate it? Can I save pollen just in case I want to cross it as a male? Any instructions on pollination are helpful. To see its image go to http://www.exoticfinches.com/plants/amorphstory.htm Michael Marcotrigiano Director, Smith College Botanic Garden _______________________________ Michael Marcotrigiano, Ph.D Director of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Biological Sciences Smith College Lyman Conservatory, 15 College Lane Northampton, MA 01063 email: mmarcotr@smith.edu voice: 413-585-2741; fax: 413-585-2744 www.smith.edu/garden www.science.smith.edu/~mmarcotr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding." Marc Chagall

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