I’ve got a general idea but have a few questions for those of you that have more practical experience than me with pollinating your Neps.
1. At what point of the female flower opening do you start to apply pollen? As soon as the sepals start to open and the tip of the carpel is exposed? Or... once the sepals are fully folded back?
2. Do you apply the pollen only to the tip of the carpel? Or… along its length?
3. What time-frame do you feel there is for pollinating?
4. Small paint brush or male flower directly for transferring pollen?
Right now I have started pollinating my N. ventricosa with N. mirabilis pollen (all I have available right now). The sepals have opened enough to expose the tip of the carpel and I am applying the pollen with a small paint brush.
Interested to here what others do...
Aaron.
1. At what point of the female flower opening do you start to apply pollen? As soon as the sepals start to open and the tip of the carpel is exposed? Or... once the sepals are fully folded back?
2. Do you apply the pollen only to the tip of the carpel? Or… along its length?
3. What time-frame do you feel there is for pollinating?
4. Small paint brush or male flower directly for transferring pollen?
Right now I have started pollinating my N. ventricosa with N. mirabilis pollen (all I have available right now). The sepals have opened enough to expose the tip of the carpel and I am applying the pollen with a small paint brush.
Interested to here what others do...
Aaron.