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Aug 15, 2012 10:40 AM CST
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Name: Melissa E. Keyes
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Zone 11+
Charter ATP Member
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Same plant, turns pink in a day in full sun:
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.WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN!! Looking like it's about to open for two days now, erghhhh
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"Siam Yellow Aroma" which has actually been fragrant for a few minutes a couple of times...
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A pale yellow seedling. I've been ripping open flowers looking for pollen, and most of the pale yellow do not have pollen! It's said that Adeniums are headed toward being male/female plants.
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I believe this one is named "Dream of Yellow" or something like that. One very definite yellow is named "Yellow Earth" but I've never seen a grafted plant for sale.
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Aug 15, 2012 8:33 PM CST
Name: Robert B
Bradenton, Florida (Zone 9b)
Plumeria to trade!!!
Amaryllis The WITWIT Badge Tropicals Plant and/or Seed Trader Enjoys or suffers hot summers Seed Starter
Region: Gulf Coast Ponds Plumerias Hummingbirder Region: Florida Dog Lover
Oh my...such a nice array!! Thumbs up
I've ripped up flowers for a while and can't seem to find anything either...so I quit trying for the time being..

RobertB Angel
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Aug 16, 2012 6:13 AM CST
Name: Doris Klene
Greensburg,Indiana.
Horse,cattle owners click klenepipe
Mules Charter ATP Member Birds Irises Orchids Plumerias
Seed Starter Plant and/or Seed Trader Tropicals Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Region: Indiana Hummingbirder
I have ripped open a few myself thinking if i could get the pollen that way I could pollinate some, but never found any.
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Aug 16, 2012 12:51 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melissa E. Keyes
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Zone 11+
Charter ATP Member
I can find pollen if it's there. I don't have a camera that will take enough of a close-up to show you where it is, and what pollen looks like. It's more of a gray lumpy stuff, not the pretty, fluffy yellow that we're used to. Hmm, I'll go google and see if there is something there----
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Aug 16, 2012 5:10 PM CST
Name: Michael Hicks
Clermont, Fl
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Plumerias Orchids Tropicals
Amaryllis Region: Florida Region: United States of America Roses
just go here and it showes the polinating process its harder then most any flower but nice close up pics

http://www.siamadenium.com/Art...

and here is another site all you need to know if you look at both

http://www.adeniumsindia.com/c...

mike

good luck i have had 3 flowers successful and countless failures but 90% of the flowers i find some pollen. i find wind insect and rain rinses it away

mike
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Aug 17, 2012 12:33 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melissa E. Keyes
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Zone 11+
Charter ATP Member
Aha! David Clulow! He has been growing these plants for many years. He must be British, he sends plants to a seller in England from where he lives in Venezuela The second slide show that Mike's link will take you to is by the expert.

OK, I'll be pollinating next week, the 20th and 21st, First quarter Moon in Libra. I hope lots of my "Fragrant" plants will have good blossoms.

Thanks Mike!
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Aug 17, 2012 5:02 PM CST
Name: Ron Case
Marble Falls, Texas
Melissa those are really beautiful I love the yellow Thumbs up ...Ron
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Aug 18, 2012 6:29 AM CST
Name: Doris Klene
Greensburg,Indiana.
Horse,cattle owners click klenepipe
Mules Charter ATP Member Birds Irises Orchids Plumerias
Seed Starter Plant and/or Seed Trader Tropicals Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Region: Indiana Hummingbirder
Melissa if you have good luck pollinating remember me for seeds Thumbs up
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Aug 20, 2012 8:51 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melissa E. Keyes
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Zone 11+
Charter ATP Member
Thanks for all compliments! I am doing some pollinating today and tomorrow. Goodbye pretty flowers! The pollen donators ge chopped off the plant and ripped open(!!), booo. And the ladies, pod parent as they say, gets rather split open in sad ways. Contrary to how Mr. Clulow does it, I split the petals apart to the base, and then wrap them back up with thin strips of masking tape. He just cuts them off. With only 10 to 20% success rate, maybe his dry out or something.

I won't know if I am successful for about two weeks.

Other than that, one plant has little pods that aren't growing/developing. Owell!
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