[NatureNS] Lady Slippers

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Thanks for your reply Dave=2E I do remember reading your trials and trib=
ulations regarding hand pollination of the lady slippers=2E =

Angela

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=3E Hi Angela =26 All=2C Apr 28=2C 2013
=3E   It was (and perhaps still is) illegal to pick=A0Common Lady=27s Sl=
ipper (Cypripedium acaule)=A0in parts of New England but the prohibition=
 has no sound biological basis=2E =

=3E   Under our conditions and in typical years only the most vigorous b=
lossoms (roughly 1=25 of total blooms) will set fruit by natural pollina=
tion by Bees=2E But if hand pollinated at the right time (as I have desc=
ribed on NatureNS) nearly 100=25 of hand pollinated flowers will set fru=
it=2E =

=3E   So=A0one should=A0avoid picking flowers=A0that have=A0unusually lo=
ng scapes that spring from unusually large leaves and also avoid picking=
 flowers near walkways=2E But if picking a few CLS flowers can trigger o=
r reinforce someone=27s interest in and respect for the natural world th=
en it is flowers well spent=2E The look but don=27t touch attitude will =
literally pave the road to hell=2E
=3E   Hand pollination briefly is as follows--=A01) examine a flower and=
 identify the two small pollen bearing structures and the single stigmat=
ic surface=2E 2) take a spent plastic=A0ink tube from a ball-point pen (=
about 2=2E5 mm diam) to act as a transfer tool=2E 3) check a flower=A0fo=
r=A0developmental stage=2E If ready for hand pollination then a waxy pol=
len deposit will stick to the plastic when the tube side near the end is=
 rolled against a pollen structure=2E 4) this waxy deposit can then be t=
ransferred to a stigmatic surface by rolling the tube as before=2E I tak=
e pollen from one blossom and transfer it to a second (as a precaution) =
but suspect this is unnecessary because the initial pollen source plant =
also frequently sets=2E5) If few plants are ready then wait a few days a=
nd try again=2E The scape persists overwinter so pollinated plants can b=
e marked with flagging tape=2C tied low on the scape=2C with year and pl=
ant number=A0printed=A0by marking pen=2E
=3E   Apart from the 10 =25 or so that deer munch=2C and who can say whe=
ther or not they would have set=2C all of my hand-pollinated blossoms ha=
ve set fruit=2E
=3E  Yt=2C Dave Webster Kentville
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=3E =3E  From=3A AngelaJoudrey =3Caljoudrey=40eastlink=2Eca=3E =

=3E =3E  To=3A naturens =3Cnaturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=3E =

=3E =3E  Sent=3A Sunday=2C April 28=2C 2013 1=3A12 PM
=3E =3E  Subject=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Lady Slippers
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=3E =3E Someone recently told me it is illegal to pick them=3F
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=3E =3E Angela in Windsor
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same level of thinking that created them=2E=22
=3E =3E Albert Einstein
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=3E =3E =22When one tugs at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it atta=
ched to the rest of the world=2E=22
=3E =3E John Muir  =

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Albert Einstein

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the rest of the world=2E=22
John Muir

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large leaves and also avoid picking flowers near walkways=2E But if pick=
ing a few =

CLS flowers can trigger or reinforce someone=27s interest in and respect=
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natural world then it is flowers well spent=2E The look but don=27t touc=
h attitude =

will literally pave the road to hell=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E
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as =

follows--=A01) examine a flower and identify the two small pollen bearin=
g =

structures and the single stigmatic surface=2E 2) take a spent plastic=A0=
ink =

tube from a ball-point pen (about 2=2E5 mm diam) to act as a transfer to=
ol=2E 3) =

check a flower=A0for=A0developmental stage=2E If ready for hand pollinat=
ion =

then a waxy pollen deposit will stick to the plastic when the tube side =
near the =

end is rolled against a pollen structure=2E 4) this waxy deposit can the=
n be =

transferred to a stigmatic surface by rolling the tube as before=2E I ta=
ke pollen =

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