Day: December 8, 2012

Little N. triandrus hybrids

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A possibility to get little N. triandrus hybrids is to cross N. triandrus pallidulus with Emerald Sea or other  viridiflorus hybrids. The size of the  fllowers in the picture is about 3 cm, the height of the stem about 16 cm. The two…

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Looking at Pollen

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Harold, The two bigger pollen grains of your photo could be viable and perhaps unreduced or unreduced and doubled. The method of causing the pollen to sprout, and examining it under a microscope has been described by Lawrence Trevanion in “A Look at…

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