Yes, Jim. I do everything completely differently than Wilfred. I use a sharp Exacto knife to gently cut open the flower, peel back two of the petals, cut one of the antlers off, then I bring pollen from another flower with a teenie tiny paintbrush. Then I tape the flower closed, and it usually just keeps on blooming like notheing happened.
I guess I should do a tutorial.
Oh, and I wear 4X geezer glasses from the grocery store, and I still squint!
Here's a link to a really good series of photos, that I learned from. Until the end where he says he gets 10-20% success. I figured the pistil dries out or something, so I try to disturb the flower as little as possible. The author is David Clulow, a long time grower/breeder who lives in Venezuela. I wrote to him about my ideas, and he wrote back that he would try my method. That he used to breed orchids by chopping open the flowers.
Click on one of the photos to start the slide show.
http://www.adeniumsindia.com/c...
