I can say that at least some clones of H. albiflos will self. One old unnamed one in particular usually makes a few seeds for me with no effort on my part, and sets seed copiously for a friend - he has them germinating all over his greenhouse floor. I haven't ever spotted anything on the flowers so no idea what's doing the work. Another clone will self if I help it along, but usually doesn't set seed otherwise. For smaller flowers I get out the cotton swabs, but for Haemanthus I did what Michael suggested. Neither of my clones of H. humilis have ever spontaneously set seed, and I haven't tried to self or cross them, so can't help there. Steve On 9/29/2022 4:39 PM, Brian Whyer via pbs wrote: > > 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. > ... > 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" ? ... _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…