Hi Uli, Stigmatic fluid is the correct name. This is the liquid present on the first day the waterlily is open and receptive to pollen ( this is the female stage of the bloom) . I collect this fluid to which I add the pollen of another flower (two day old bloom when it becomes male and shedding pollen). I use this cocktail to pollinate the waterlily of choice. This is the way to cross pollinate them and obtain new hybrids. This is so fascinating about the water lily flowers. The same bloom is female for one day and then it changes into male the next day. Laura On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 5:00 PM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hello Laura, > > You mentioned something I have never come across: pollinating waterlily > (Nymphaea) with embryonic fluid? What is this about? Did you create new > hybrids this way? I cannot imagine that you refer to the embryonic fluid > which surrounds a fetus, that of course is familiar to me. > I hope my question is not too off-topic, many waterlilies have tubers….. > > Bye for now > > Uli > > I use a similar syringe with curved plastic tip for collecting > embryonic fluid for pollinating water lilies. > Laura > Niagara on the Lake > Sunny with 1 foot of snow on the ground > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>