Tropicals & Tender Perennials: ID Please, 1 by rox_male

rox_male wrote:
Alocasia macrorrhiza? I have had the plant for four years; it is now 8 feet tall.

[Originally posted]
Q:Judging by the look of the flower, how long until the pollen will be ready?
[Edited]
A: It dropped the pollen today; Day 4 of being aromatic and 2 days after the spathe opened.
I collected the pollen using a paper collar I suspended around the flower.

Another question: I removed the rest of the spathe and brushed some of the pollen on the lower part of the spadix. It was sticky with some vicose fluid. Is this normal? [Note I also put some of the pollen in the refrigerator oin case I might get another flower.]
ROX

This message was edited Mar 12, 2006 5:48 PM