Interessant! Danke für's Zeigen!


hier hat nun auch die Nässe Einzug erhalten

Ein für mich besonderes interessanter Blütenstand steht in den Startlöchern. Eine seit fast 30 Jahren im Garten befindliche Gruppe aus dem flaccida/filamentosa-Komplex die unter yuccaunfreundlichsten Bedingungen seit Jahrzenten überleben muß ;-)
Im letzten Jahr hat hier ein Bestäubungsversuch mit linearifolia funktioniert. Leider war die einzige Frucht nach 2 Wochen abgefallen.
Wäre schon eine interessante Genkonstellation mit linearifolia

Recurvifolia 'highway 421' pods are falling off :(

I learn more each year and I'm still learning. A few pollination 'tips':

The first flowers to open on a Yucca bloom generally don't produce seed pods. I'm not sure why. Pollenating flowers further away from the main flower stalk seem easier to pollenate.

Flowers are ready to be pollenated when there is a sticky liquid at the end of the pistol. This liquid is usually not present the first night the flower opens.

Collecting pollen is best at night.

I don't think there is a need to push the pollen far into the pistol. There should be a sticky liquid at the end of the pistol which actually prevents you from pushing pollen into the pistol (not all Yuccas seem to produce as much sticky liquid as others, not sure why)

Zitat von Tim Behan im Beitrag #33

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Recurvifolia 'highway 421' pods are falling off :(

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Zitat von Tim Behan im Beitrag #34

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I learn more each year and I'm still learning. A few pollination 'tips':

The first flowers to open on a Yucca bloom generally don't produce seed pods. I'm not sure why. Pollenating flowers further away from the main flower stalk seem easier to pollenate.

Flowers are ready to be pollenated when there is a sticky liquid at the end of the pistol. This liquid is usually not present the first night the flower opens.

Collecting pollen is best at night.

I don't think there is a need to push the pollen far into the pistol. There should be a sticky liquid at the end of the pistol which actually prevents you from pushing pollen into the pistol (not all Yuccas seem to produce as much sticky liquid as others, not sure why)

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Zitat von Tim Behan im Beitrag #34

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I learn more each year and I'm still learning. A few pollination 'tips':

The first flowers to open on a Yucca bloom generally don't produce seed pods. I'm not sure why. Pollenating flowers further away from the main flower stalk seem easier to pollenate.

Flowers are ready to be pollenated when there is a sticky liquid at the end of the pistol. This liquid is usually not present the first night the flower opens.

Collecting pollen is best at night.

I don't think there is a need to push the pollen far into the pistol. There should be a sticky liquid at the end of the pistol which actually prevents you from pushing pollen into the pistol (not all Yuccas seem to produce as much sticky liquid as others, not sure why)

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Hi Matthias,

Here are a few photos of Yucca blooms pollenated by moths. I have never seen so many seed pods on a Yucca in my area. Look close and you'll see most of the pods are formed further away from the main bloom stem.

Thanks for Pictures Tim

Absolute! I see it! Its very important to know!
Unbelievable, so many Fruits! Fantastic!

...das hätte ich mal besser heute Vormittag getan....

Tag 6 aus dem Pömpeltagebuch

Hier trocknet es allmählich ab und für die nächsten Tage/Wochen ist wieder anhaltende Trockenheit angesagt. Vermutlich kann heute Abend wieder gepömpelt werden. Bisher keinerlei Anzeichen eines Erfolges.

Zitat von Tim Behan im Beitrag #33

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Recurvifolia 'highway 421' pods are falling off :(

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Hi Jürgen,

Too bad about your baccata X linearifolia. That's aweful news!!!!!!!

'Highway 421' had 10 seed pods, 9 have fallen off!! This has NEVER happened in my garden, perhaps 1 or 2 pods may fall off, but never 9 of 10. The 10th pod will likely be today. Perhaps it's the new beetle spray I'm using?? I'm using Sevin spray. The 421 pods were nothing special: flaccida 'Tennessee, gloriosa x flaccida 'Sandbridge, VA' and selfed with 421.

Hi Tim,

I'll keep my fingers crossed for hold out the tenth & last seed pod on the hwy 421. But in any case, the mother is something very special. It was not much pollen, but there is still hope that the hwy 241 also will be daddy, with the Y. Sochi as mum!

At my Y. baccata previously - of all on the first hot day this summer with mor thant 35 ° C, all the other baby pods, namely without beetle-spray, but because of my absence in the peak flowering, unfortunately I could not pollinate the more apical flowers, so the further away from the main flower stem, which promise more success as you had just shown here.

Good luck,

Jürgen

Hi Matthias,

cool, klasse, das ist echt 'ne Möglichkeit. Der Schirm könnt durchaus größer ausfallen, und ergänzend noch ne Terrassenheizung. Drück Dir alle meinen Grünen Daumen. Dein Einsatz mss zum Erfolg führen!

LG Jürgen