I had the least amount of successful pollinations with selfings... I always try to cross pollinate.
Don't give up. The more you try, the best your chances become... You will have WAY more unsuccessful pollinating attempts than seed pods. Tell us what kind of amaryllis you have and how do you pollinate! Pics help too.

In a recent thread someone mentioned they microwave some pollen from another plant and then mix it with the pollen from the plant you want to self pollenate. This apparently has some chance of fooling the flower into accepting its own pollen where it wouldn't otherwise have.

As far as the actual pollenating, I use some cheap paint brushes (that I only use for this purpose) to brush up some pollen and paint it on the female part (what's it called -- stigma?). Then I wash it in between applications to prevent pollen contamination. I do this multiple times until the flower starts to show signs of wilting. I also only apply it after the three 'tips' on the (stigma?) curl upward and separate on the tip.

Hope this helps,

Liltika

soultan, this is my hippi {{gwi:383150}} first i tried with this one but i failed {{gwi:383151}}

Liltika, i read the post about the pollen in the microwave, but for the moment i only have this flower bloomed. if the flower can't produce seeds is because it doesn't like it,s own pollen? could i pollinate it with pollen collected from another flower exactly like thet one.

first i toke pollen on my finger and i put it on the stigma almost every day hopeing something will happen, but nothing.

Hello Dana, have the flowers and scapes completely dried up? You will not see swelling of the pod immediately.

cindeea, you're right. the flowers didn't dry up complettly and now i can see two pods growing, swelling. maybe next week it will be more clear. thanks. the problem is that now grows the second flower from the same bulb. does the first one disturbe the new one. should i let them as they are?