David, You were at the right place at the right time. Did you then inspect that flower to see if pollen was transferred to the stigma? From the three images it...
HI David It is other way around.We are the unauthorized agents.Bees being the natures way. Rashid David Olsen <d.olsen@...> wrote: Hi all, A bumblebee...
HI all Dealing with pollen I have noticed that some time pollen is collected bfore it becomes fluffy (dispersed)Jim Shields and I were discussing the viability...
carrie: Have you given names to your new pink and pastel ghost? I hope the seeds I sent you are doing well! Hugh ... From: Krüger & Co To: clivia-enthusiast ...
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Dear Clivia lovers, This is Shige from Japan. I start to my special plants sale for overseas with clivia enthusiasts at this time. ( Multipetals, Akebono...
Hi all! Greetings from the end of a wet, wintry day here in Southern California. My clivia 6th sense was working well today, as I discovered a visitor when I...
Hi Ken, You are right, the bee went right down into the centre and stayed there for a while then flew out ignoring the stigma. I remember thinking that it...
Hi Malcolm - Nice picture and story ! We are also in So Cal. Best, Frank & Lisa www.MyCountryPond.com ~ Koi ~ Water Lily ~ Lotus ~ Water Plants ~ Beautiful...
Hi Rashid and all, Here is a modified recipe for pollen germination from an old issue of PLANT LIFE (now known as HERBERTIA). I omit the 0.005% colchicine that...
Hi all, these photos show the first flower on a plant grown from my first breeding efforts in 2003. Since it is flowering out of season, I'm not sure whether...
Beautiful Flower Kerrie. A touch of pastel in the tip colour? Regards Nick From: Nick Powell Stanmore Horticultural 486 Kilcoy-Beerwah Rd Stanmore Queensland...
Kerrie - It is an interesting flower, but yes, as being both on first bloom and blooming out of season, it is hard to know what's next. I wish you much...
Hello All, here is my Artificer PF blooming first time for me As you can see, the first bloom is not regularly, just four tepals - but there is one bud in the...
Hello All, here are my Engineer PF/foreground) and Artificer PF (background). P1030402.jpg[/IMG] P1030409.jpg[/IMG] Differences between both: size! Engineer is...
Hi fellow enthusiasts, Here is a pretty green throat gracing my patio today. It is a cross between two of Val Thurston's plants, her Onyx crossed with Xmas...
Hello and thanks to the people who commented on my new flower. I have attached photos of the parent plants (covered in debris from my Jacaranda). Re: Paul...
Dear Paul and group members, Paul Michael wrote: "As I am breeding for fragrance, I would love to see a picture of the pollen parent, and learn of Sally Kerr's...
Hi All Last weekend we picked up tissue cultured plantlets from three clivias - PMN Aussie Aussie, Oxblood x self and a very green centred sahin twin. We...
Hi all Ops - 2 pictures of Aussie Aussie flowers in the last email (taken 12 months apart) - I really meant to show two of the tissue culture - here is the...
John, which part of the parent was tissue cultured? Mick Dower, Cape Town. _____ From: clivia-enthusiast@yahoogroups.com ...
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Hi How long do you leave the seedlings in the water crystals. I use them for
some other plants, but was afraid to try them for the clivias. Bev Wisconsin ... ...
Alick - Val has bred some wonderful plants, and you have done well by them! Is this from your own crossing? I especially love the depth and extent of the green...
Kerrie The US authorities have traced a disease wiping out American bees to an import of Australian pollen. Quite a few years ago, British apiarists had to...
Hi Paul, I couldn't agree more. Val Thurston has some wonderful plants and the plant in photo was grown from seed I purchased through the KZN seed bank some...
