Adenium Pollination

Some one from a yahoo group has asked about seeing photos of cross pollinating adeniums. I am posting it here because of the ease of having photos with text.

Raja

Here are photos of pollination. I have cut away the bloom from the plant to make it easy to photo. I am only using one flower for the photos. You select 2 blooms from different plants to be pollinated.

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Take your fingers and pull out all 5 filaments without pulling bloom from the plant.

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Now squeeze the lower part of the bloom slightly to open up anthers or slits on the bottom of the bloom.

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With bloom slightly squeezed insert small damp paint brush into the anthers to collect pollen.

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You have your second bloom that you have removed filaments from. Now take the paint brush with the pollen on it and inset it into the anthers on your second bloom.

I hope this helps you.

randy