All my bulbs are single bulbs/clones, grown from seeds some years ago sent to me. About half have flowered for a few years now but not clumped so far. Maybe not feeding them enough and lack of space / and too small pots. I have moved some into larger tall form pots this year. Brian Whyer, SEUK Subject: Re: [pbs] Pollination of Haemanthus I am not sure if Haemanthus will self pollinate, but if I recall correctly I have had single clones produce seed. If you have two plants flowering at the same time you can rub your hand from the top of one then the other back and forth a few times. Individual flowers of a head will become receptive at different times so for best effect you do it over a few days. I find a flower on the head usually produces fluffy receptive pollen and then the stigma and style elongates after to rise above the pollen sacs becoming receptive. When I want to cross two particular clones and minimize self pollination, I will remove the anthers as they ripen with tweezers, storing them in gelatin capsules in a container with silica gel in the frig for later use. When the stigmas and styles become receptive I will use one end of the capsule holding the anthers to transfer pollen. Using this method I am currently crossing Haemanthus humilis humilis 'Giant' that was the first to flower this season on Haemanthus albiflos that is just starting its flower period. All the best, Michael On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 11:55 AM Brian Whyer via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: Hi How do you pollinate Haemanthus coccineus "by hand" ? Some plants, eg. Sciila madierensis (flowering alongside) I can more or less just bang their heads together, or the bees, if there are any still around, do it for me. Haemanthus want a bit more care. No humming birds here in the UK. The long hot summer has ended and the lawn is going green again. Looks as I am too late this year as the stems on 3 different plants are beginning to curl over, but next year ?? I have H. albiflos too but not tried with them. Brian Whyer _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…