Harvesting Heliamphora pollen with a tuning fork

[av8tor1]

Watch carefully

I was able to catch quite a bit by putting some black plastic under the flower while using the tuning fork. I believe there was a slight static charge on the plastic which seemed to help attract the freed pollen.

Av

[Brian Barnes]

Hey Av,

Excellent information! Thanks for sharing that with us.

Is that H. heterodoxa x minor you're working with or H. hetero x nutans? Great color.

Happy Growing,

Brian.

[av8tor1]

Brian,
ummm anymore I'm not sure but FWIW its the BE-3252 tatei clone that cpjungle imported a couple years ago

Butch

Wishing the icps gods would work on an ICPS official "complete idiots guide to heli classification" maybe its just me but the waters are getting so muddy.

hint hint hint.... we errr I need help

[Dave Evans]

Hello Av,

Well, I don't think we've really got a good handle on Heliamphora yet. The experts are still figuring it out.

But its good to see H. neblinae was elevated to a species rank. I could never see it as part of H. tatei.

Great video, man! Now I know what to do

[mmlr38]

Yes, excellent video. I was kind of curious how to apply the tuning fork to the flower after reading "The Savage Garden". After seeing this video, now I totally get it!

[bigbella]

Dec 31, 2009 1:25:31 GMT av8tor1 said:

Watch carefully
I was able to catch quite a bit by putting some black plastic under the flower while using the tuning fork. I believe there was a slight static charge on the plastic which seemed to help attract the freed pollen.

Av

Very cool video. It took a moment for me to see the released pollen. I have always taken the Don Schnell "take no prisoners" approach by physically removing and rupturing the anthers before applying them to the stigma.

I will have to try the tuning fork method soon . . .

[simran]

Wonderful information ! This is what I haven't think about it...In fact, What i think that is is quite tough to handle Heliamphora. It demands very trained person.