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Post by fredg on Oct 8, 2020 17:50:23 GMT
Yep I used a tuning fork last time, does no one read my long winded e explanations   I just look at the avatar and disregard the words  |
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Post by corky on Oct 8, 2020 18:12:26 GMT
Well I can't blame you Fred, my explanations are a good cure for insomnia
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Post by corky on Oct 8, 2020 18:17:36 GMT
 just looked up CRAFT disease, self explanatory really
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Post by fredg on Oct 8, 2020 22:06:16 GMT
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Post by stevebooth on Oct 9, 2020 10:58:31 GMT
Now where did I put those cheese slices?
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Post by corky on Oct 29, 2020 20:47:50 GMT
Cleaning up the helis seems to have had a positive effect ,both now blooming well , h.minor has four flower spikes   and h.pulchella has two  you guys will probably forget this but i'll say it anyway ,i'm back collecting pollen and using my tuning fork |
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Post by fredg on Oct 29, 2020 21:01:21 GMT
You can get a tuning fork on ebay corky |
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Post by corky on Dec 2, 2020 18:14:26 GMT
thought I'd make a video of collecting the pollen ,and that's a tuning fork don't ya know anthers were dried for a couple of days ,if you had some CSI type image enhancing software you'd be able to make out that I'm a dead ringer for Brad Pitt in the reflection don't reckon it turned out too bad as it was a bit tricky to film |
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Post by corky on May 3, 2021 17:03:44 GMT
apart from an out of focus pic what you are seeing here is success,i didn't record when seeds were sown in my truly unprofessional style   so this is H.pulchella x H.minor, even if it all goes horribly wrong i got something right ,right? |
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Post by dvg on May 3, 2021 17:08:18 GMT
Well done there Corky, a tip of the hat is in order. Were those pics of your seedlings, made through a successful crossing of your own plants? Watched your video of the tuning fork and its effect on the pollen's release...very informative.  dvg |
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Post by corky on May 3, 2021 17:35:41 GMT
Yep they're the crossing of my own plants and the way heliamphora flowers work I am fairly certain these are H.pulchella x H.minor
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Post by dvg on May 3, 2021 18:15:15 GMT
Congrats! That's a few hurdles cleared with successful pollination, viable seeds collected, sown and germinated. Take a bow, good Sir! dvg |
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Post by fredg on May 3, 2021 18:40:39 GMT
I take it you found a tuning fork then.  |
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Post by corky on May 3, 2021 19:40:31 GMT
I've just found the label I wrote but didn't put in the pot , 1/3/21 so germination is two months later
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Post by gristlies on Sept 30, 2021 16:45:20 GMT
How did the little ones do?
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just looked up CRAFT disease, self explanatory really
not here it isn't