Growing heli pollen tubes ghetto style :)

[Av8tor1]

Oh my, this sounds interesting.... no need for petri dishes, sugar solutions etc etc

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec99/jgpollen.html

Just a spanish onion or a leek and microscope....

 

[richjam1986]

Very cool. Is it useful for anything besides observing pollen germination though?

 

[Av8tor1]

Ahhhh grasshopper,

The bigger picture is knowing for sure which methods work best for storing heli pollen, when the best harvesting time is, how long it can be stored, knowing when the pollen is not the problem in failed pollination attempts... etc etc etc.

 

[cpsammich]

That's sooo cool

 

[UnstuckinTime]

Ahhhh grasshopper,

The bigger picture is knowing for sure which methods work best for storing heli pollen, when the best harvesting time is, how long it can be stored, knowing when the pollen is not the problem in failed pollination attempts... etc etc etc.

You know you're a scientist when you read this and say outloud to an empty room with a tone of amazement and wonder- "So much data to collect!!!!"

Are you stepping up to the plate, Butch? I have a H. pulchella sending up a flower, and I have to say.... I'm tempted to buy some onions.

 

[BigBella]

Ahhhh grasshopper,

The bigger picture is knowing for sure which methods work best for storing heli pollen, when the best harvesting time is, how long it can be stored, knowing when the pollen is not the problem in failed pollination attempts... etc etc etc.

The longest that I have ever stored Heliamphora pollen was about eight weeks from H. folliculata; and I did get decent seed set back in 2008 . . .