How do u cross-pollinate lilies?

Question

im still doin a science project and i wonder if anyone can help.

i no how to first start to cross pollinate, u take the pollen from one lily to the next, but u have to grow the seed to really finish it so how to u grow a lily from a sedd if they grow from a bulb

Answer 1

Minna, I answered your other question about cross-pollinating. Once the lily is pollinated it will form a seed pod at the base of the flower (ovary). As I mentioned seeds of lilies are very slow to mature or ripen (usually a few months at least). Once they are mature (the pod will break open), remove them from the seed pod and plant them in the ground or for a science project in a pot or flat about 1/2 inch deep. Then just keep it slightly moist.

It takes a few years for a lily grown from seed to develop a decent sized bulb.

Answer 2

If you take the pollen from one lily's stamen and wipe it on the stigma (which is the top of the tall, central structure sticking out of the middle of the lily) then as the fertilization process continues, the genetic make up of the second lily will change. After the flowers die do not remove any of the leaves or stem. The bulb uses these for food. When the lily comes up again it should share some characteristics of both of it's lily "parents".

Answer 3

they gained't go they have distinctive chromosome counts (daylillies have a base style of 11 whilst lilium species is 12), however the pods would have been from the daylily self pollinating or the the pods would desire to be empty. The pollen would have inspired pod formation yet without some formal finding out that could in basic terms be a conjecture with a low risk.

Answer 4

Take a fine tip paint brush and collect some pollen from one plant. Then apply the same pollen to the stamen of a different lily.

Answer 5

how to grow lilies from seeds
http://www.open.org/~halinar/seedgerm.htm
Good luck.

Answer 6

Ask your science teacher