Xeramtheum-
I read this thread with interest. I have an A spiralis 'Frizzle Sizzle' I mail ordered from Logee's this winter. I wanted to get seeds, but my cat broke off the flower stalk after I made my attempts. I guess next year :-(
Anyway, my Adenium 'Red' (a seed strain also from Logee's) has at least a dozen buds. Several years ago I tried to pollinate it using WQP's (Wilfred) instructions on the "other" website. It faithfully used my #3 paintbrush, but no success. Later I read somewhere that this kind of Adenium is not self fertile, so likely that is why I failed. I only have the one Adenium, so cannot try pollen from another plant. I am going to try the microwave method.
I read the thread on the Pacific Bulb Society website, it mentions usually the pollen that one has microwaved is non-self pollen, mixed with the pollen that is desired. But you just tried microwaving pollen from the same plant, right? I read somewhere that A. spiralis is self-fertile, but other Albuca are not usually self-fertile. So confusing, if self-fertile why did your first attempt fail.
