I would like this thread to be for posting available EE pollen.
PLEASE only post availability of pollen. Do not post questions re: pollination or other comments/questions here, otherwise this thread is going to become unwieldy fast.
If you would like the pollen, please Dmail the person.
If you run out of pollen, please it your original post to state that the pollen is no longer available.
For info re: pollinating EE see threads:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/688035/ pollinating A. cuprea
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/657944/ colocasia seeds
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/667373/ pic of colocasia being polinated
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/645174/ colocasia pollination
EE Pollen Exchange
AVAILABLE: Alocasia gageana pollin - collected 2/10/2007; stored in refrigerator
ROX
Rox I will let you know when I start getting pollen. I usually see the flowers starting in spring and its best to work with someone who sees flowers coming along. Hitting the flower at the right time is a bit hard with out having the pollen at hand. I usually have Mac pollen all spring its the others that I have a hard time getting. I plan to try more breeding this year if all goes well. Last season I was only able to cross Mac and borneo giant but I did the same cross about 5 times on 5 different plants. I have around 25 or so seedlings growing. Not sure what they will look like but wish I had something with a bit more color to have breed to Borneo. I plan to breed more with it this season. Cuprea on it would have been amazing LOL. But then again cuprea on anything sounds nice.
Here is my Macloba hybrid. It is around 6 feet tall now and has the dark maroon coloring under the leaves. Like most my hybrids it is great to grow in the ground all summer and make a huge house plant.
Great thread, great idea.
Bryan, I thought the pollen would be on the top section of the flower, what is this on the middle section of my Cuprea? If it is pollen, I will try to collect it and send it to you.
Wanted: Unusual pollen for my A. gageana.
A gageana is an incredibly robust alocasia. Like A. macro but shorter and bushiers. Also it makes a great house plant so overwintering is a snap. If successful, will share seeds with pollen donor.
Thanks, ROX
I don't think any of my flowers produced pollen.