Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Colocasia Breeding pics, 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
Here are some pics you cannot find on the net. I have never seen a picture of a colocasia seed or of the fruit. I have seen drawings and thats about all their is. In this thread I go through how to clean colocasia seed and prepare them to grow as well as storing pollen for later use.


This first pic is me collecting pollen. Pollen is very important for a breeder. The problem here is I have pollen but only a few plants able to use it so now I must store the pollen to use maybe months from now. The best way to do this is to refrigerate the pollen in a test tube. Labeled and sealed it can be stored for up to 3 months enough time for me to use it on a few other flowers.

This pic shows the male section of the flower removed with spath and spadix inside next to the test tube.