I have white and very dark red blooming, I decided I wanted to polinate the white with a red, I tore open three blooms and NO POLLEN WHY?

Have you found pollen before? Took me quite a while to recognize the little grayish blob. Anyway, did the flowers get any water, rain, in them? That washes out the pollen.

Today I took my little toolbox the the Bot Gardens to try to pollinate a hot pink Adenium there, and none of the flowers had pollen. Sometimes this happens. Some believe that Adeniums that are being bred a lot are heading to being male/or/female plants. I have one plant that I'm finding only a pistil, the female part, with nothing inside but the little lump. Funny looking! I also have several plants, one a dramatic red, that never ever has pollen. I am beginning to make crosses with other reds, and double reds using this one as a pod parent. I think the Santa Claus doubles and triples are good pollen parents. Good boys!

Hope this helps!

Doris, do you remember when Wilfred mentioned that he's had no luck pollinating whites? One has to wonder how the professionals did it! I have yet to actually see pollen in any of mine' I have seen the "little grayish blob" in most of mine. I think maybe right now may be the wrong time of year for me to try hand pollinating, I figure I'll wait till spring to try again.

Jim

Hi Jim, like old times seing you *S*
I have cut open several flowers and no pollen at all and no "grey" stuff on mine either, I do have a seed pod that a bug must have done, it should be ready any time.