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Amaryllis/Hippeastrum

Finally, I have something to share

13 years ago

Exotic Star 2nd scape is blooming now 2 fold...wish I knew how to pollinate or who to share it's pollen with. One of my favorites none the less.........

i love it's ripply reverb in the beveled mirror behind and the down cast yellow from the lamp in this photo.
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haxuan
13 years ago
Wow...wow...wow... a beauty indeed, Cindee.

Have you found the pollen on ES kind of "dry"? It was dry on my bloom first time.

Thanks for sharing.

Xuan
dondeldux z6b South Shore Massachusetts
13 years ago
Cindy,

Your Exotic Star is beautiful..one of my favorites. Last year I had 3 stalks and a total of 12 flowers and nothing took on any of them, selfs included..not a one! This year I've only had 1 stalk so far with 3 flowers and I put papilio on one something else on the second and the third I selfed. I now have a huge selfed pod that is just about to ripen..so you never know..so try one self and anything on the other flowers hopefully, luck will be with you.

And, Xuan, I did have plenty of pollen on my 3 flowers this year and I looked at the pictures from last year and it appears that there was plenty of pollen then too. Just may be an off year for your pollen production, but it really doesn't take much to pollenate a flower, just a little dab will do it.. ;-)

Donna
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brigarif Khan
13 years ago
Thanks
haxuan
13 years ago
Thanks, Donna.

I have a second stalk opening on my ES. I will try to at least self it.

Xuan
cindeea
Original Author
13 years ago
Donna, I think ExStar is self-sterile. Good luck on your attempts please let us know if you have any successes. Pap should take I think.

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e36yellowm3
13 years ago
Beautiful Exotic Star, Cindee. I was very successful with crosses between Exotic Star and Pink Floyd (both ways) last year. My Pink Floyd is not yet in bloom this year or I would give you some pollen to use.

Alana
dondeldux z6b South Shore Massachusetts
13 years ago
Hi Cindee,

I just harvested my Exotic Star selfed bud a couple of days ago and I got about 20 seeds that "might" be viable, the rest were very strange looking..actually, these were strange looking too but they had enbroys in side. The 20 or so are soaking currently and you may be correct about Exotic Star being self sterile. I don't expect them to germinate but will certainly let you know if they do. I had a pod x h papilio that aborted right away..and I got a partial pod x Party Pooper that yielded 4 small light brown seeds. They all had an embryo in them, but I don't hold out much hope for them either. They are also soaking. Time will tell...

Donna

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