Re: Pollen storage

From: Andreas Wistuba (andreas@wistuba.com)
Date: Sun Nov 15 1998 - 23:38:53 PST


Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:38:53 +0100
From: "Andreas Wistuba" <andreas@wistuba.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3596$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Pollen storage

On 15 Nov 98, at 23:27, John Scott wrote:

> Hi all
>
> The New Zealand Carnivorous Plant Society has been trying to set up a
> pollen bank for a while, it's difficult to get people to remember to
> collect it and send it in so we have had limited success. Most of the
> pollen we do have is Nepenthes pollen and we've found that it remains
> viable for at least 2 years in an ordinary domestic freezer. We are now
> beginning to look at Sarracenia pollen but as this is the first year we've
> tried it I can't give you any info on this yet.
>
> Kiwi John
>
>

Hi John,

did you dry the pollen before freezing? At which temperature do you
store the pollen?

Bye

Andreas

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