Any chance of moving it outside (to a shady location) for a couple of weeks? Night flying moths are the primary pollinator for this plant, attracted to the heady fragrance which becomes even stronger in the evening.

The stem will stay alive while the pod is developing so it sounds like your crosses haven't taken. I'm brand new at this, so maybe some experts can jump in with advice. In the meantime, I recommend following the tips for success found on the web site that I linked to, for example, increasing humidity and repeating pollination attempts when the flower is receptive within the first week after blooming. Hope you get some seed pods!

oh. ok. I forget it's still winter for much of the earth. Give 'em a shake anyway. It'll knock loose any weak blossoms and you'll be spreading the pollen. Kevin

Hiya Norma, Thanks for your efforts, interesting stuff. I liked that paragraph you wrote exactly 'cause it spoke so well about diversity of habitat in which Sans can be found. Thanks for allowing its use, I hope to incorporating it into my talk (w/ credit of course). I can't check you for accurancy, wouldn't begin to know where to look & have no access to the reference materials it sounds like you do. I know you well enough to know you when you try & share info. on GW, you give it your very best, that's certainly good enough for me! The talk I'm planning on giving will be much more general in nature & scope, esp. 'cause I'll be speaking to Indoor Gardening group (much more 'Houseplanty' type growers). I imagine they're NYC apmt dwellers for the most part, maybe have the ocassional summer home, certainly no greenhouses. Specifically, they're not succulent types (tho' I know number of members who also belong to the local C&S Society). I'll be bring in 1/2 dozen or so, as will other members, my main goal is to showcase lots of diff. Sans to folks who may only be familiar with the ubiquitous S. trifasciata laurentii (w/ its yellow stripe, that I particlarly dislike). I'll be taking: S. pinguicula (beauty that Jeff brought me 2 yrs. ago) w/ its rosette on a stolon S. Hi Silver (name uncertain, but given me by a very knowledgeable member collector, sadly now passed away); lovely rosette of long, graceful, slender, arching leaves S. cylindrica (deliberately small & young) showing they can be contained in a small space S. moonshine, small young, not spectacular, but shows its pretty, pale color S. patens (undergoing strange changes after 5-6 yrs. of doing nothing, threw a pup a month ago, growing like crazy, yet the parent plant fan is loosing a couple of leaves, just had to twist off an ailing portion of it tonight). I turned it out last wknd to check the roots, maybe lost some, but the pup is going gangbusters & looks entirely diff. than parent. The pup came up a paddle-shaped leaf as flat as a sheet of paper. Wonderful example of the juvenile growth having a diff. form that the parent Couple w/ guessed IDs: S. concinna (one of my favorite forms) S. socotra (those exposed rhizomes w/ long petioles ending in smallish spoon shaped leaves) S. hallii (small baseball bat) couple no IDs w/ thick, long cylindrical leaves w/ ridges that curve backwards a no ID short rosette, solid green leaves, wavy ruffled edges, rust edges, very pretty. Friends expect to be bringing (a few at least that I know of): S. bantel's sensation, a mature (one of my all time faves, would love to find some) S. unknown (from Kew, I hear it's very dark, almost black) whatever else other members bring to show &/or ask about. That's it for now, thanks again Norma. Hugs back attcha, Karen