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Old 11-03-2010, 04:28 AM   #15 (permalink)
tony palmer
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Default Re: japanese basjoo

Hi Eric its difficult to tell what clone you have because when a clone is Tc'd time and time again, it can produce variations in them.

Here is a picture of the male flowers on a basjoo.



I was going to try an experiment last year that involved collecting the pollen then freezing it, I could then use the pollen when I had female flowers to pollinate.
This is a proven method with some species of plants and the pollen can remain viable for up to a year.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find any pollen so could this be a sterile clone?
Or does the pollen only remain on the flower for a very short time


Tony

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