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Your camera either has less megapixels or you are using "digital" zoom. The latter blows up the pixels and has to interpolate details which accounts for some of the "blotchy" look. Much like doing a tight crop in a photo editing.
Well I tried with no luck to get these to release pollen. I tried twacking a pair of forceps like a tuning for and scrubbing them with paint brush. Guess I'll breakout the battery powered toothbrush but it's a rotary type, not oscillating.
I tried squeezing the anthers with forceps and "buzzing" it with my electric toothbrush. Nothing, maybe a higher frequency is needed or perhaps the hybrids don't produce pollen
Brian Barnes suggests removing a few anthers and splitting them in half with a razor blade. Dry for 15 minutes and rub the split side on the stigma of another plant.
Cutting the anthers open works, I could see pollen grains. I do need to get some micro surgery tweezers/forceps though. The dental tweezers I have are just not designed for working with such small soft tissue.
Pollen? LOL! I haven't seen any pollen. Glad I took the 'before' picture, before butchering the flower parts. I ended up plucking the anthers and putting them on paper, on top of the light, where it's warmer & drier. Who knows... maybe I'll get lucky.... Hey, is that tranparent looking thingy supposed to be the stamen?
Yeah, the purple tube with the puff ball on the end is the stigma. Slice the banana open lengthwise and the pollen should be available. I used a #15 scalpel. A single edged razor or Xacto knife would work just as well.
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