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Slippers</DIV> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_IJC4JP/LF75B8GhaIImBqg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Thanks for your reply Dave=2E I do remember reading your trials and trib= ulations regarding hand pollination of the lady slippers=2E = Angela On 04/28/13=2C David =26 Alison Webster =3Cdwebster=40glinx=2Ecom=3E wr= ote=3A =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =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 =3E = =3E =3E ----- Original Message ----- = =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 =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Someone recently told me it is illegal to pick them=3F =3E =3E = =3E =3E Angela in Windsor =3E =3E -- =3E =3E =22The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the = same level of thinking that created them=2E=22 =3E =3E Albert Einstein =3E =3E = =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 = =3E =3E No virus found in this message=2E =3E =3E Checked by AVG - www=2Eavg=2Ecom(http=3A//www=2Eavg=2Ecom) =3E =3E Version=3A 2013=2E0=2E3272 / Virus Database=3A 3162/6279 - Relea= se Date=3A 04/28/13 =3E =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = -- =22The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same lev= el of thinking that created them=2E=22 Albert Einstein =22When one tugs at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to = the rest of the world=2E=22 John Muir --Boundary_(ID_IJC4JP/LF75B8GhaIImBqg) Content-type: text/html; 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