Beautiful trumpets.
This is all fascinating stuff. I'm listening intently and absorbing all the good information.
Having just cut styles on some of my asiatic seedlings, I can't say I saw any flow that may dislodge pollen - maybe trumpets just get wetter?
I'm trying out L. mackliniae and L. martagon as pollen parents on asiatics, and I hope the shorter style helps, since both these species are on the stumpy side of style physiognomy
So I'm cutting the recipient style down near the ovary and placing pollen on immediately. I might try out dabbing over several days too, in case there's a sweet moment in time. What would make the technique a one-shot try, I wonder? Hmm... and I thought there needed to be some moisture on stigma or style surface for pollenation? Is there some research out there on which species may have incompatible fluids? There's so much I don't know, so I'm just prepared to keep making attempts - if anything works then that's a bonus.
Leftwood, I tried the your foil method on a normal pollenation, and actually found my fingers and foil getting in the way of filaments and anthers (I don't always remove the anthers if I find a clean fresh flower/stigma and get the desired pollen on first - making I'm not being careful enough). It's strange - I've never had a problem with rolled foil caps on very small lilies, but then I have rather small long fingers. Maybe it's the perfect job for children. :greengrin:
My 5yr old saw the foil caps today and exclaimed ooohhh... "lily babies are happening again!" She remembers her lessons from last year!
Still listening intently and absorbing the good information!
