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tom Full Out Carnivore! Posts: 1,422	Pollen storage/conservation Feb 23, 2007 12:07:28 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tom on Feb 23, 2007 12:07:28 GMT -5 Hi, I have an incoming flower stalk on my S. rosea and was wondering if any of you ever stored pollen for a further use, effect on viability, etc in the genus?
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Pollen storage/conservation Feb 23, 2007 17:07:22 GMT -5

Post by Syble on Feb 23, 2007 17:07:22 GMT -5

not sure how well it works on sarracenia, but when I used to breed Amaryllis, I collected, stored, and used pollen all the time, often for months. just collected the pollen in alluminum foil, folded it, and store it in ziplock bags in the fridge.
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