Corydalis scouleri?

[RickR]

Indeed you can freeze lily pollen.  Once it is thawed, it is said to lose viability quickly.  Some say refreezing thawed pollen is fruitless, while others say it can be done.

A correction to my last post:
It's better to send pollen in folded tin foil.  Paper might absorb moisture if the air is not dry, and that could mean death for the pollen.  I suppose that optimally, a sealed container would be the ultimate.

[Hoy]

Hi, Trond,
I can try to harvest pollen when the plants bloom.  I believe you can also freeze lily pollen so I wonder if that would work for corydalis?  I suppose we could try it unless we get lucky and our plants bloom at the same time.  We'd both want to label it carefully due to paranoid plant cops.

I was hoping to find a plant at our Western Winter Study Weekend but I was out of luck.  There are a number of plant sales coming up in the Portland area so I'll be looking for it. I'll also ask my friends who do a lot of hiking to keep a look out for it.  Maybe they can score some fresh seed.

Jan

Quite so! And Trillium seeds are germinating now as I told in another thread too

[Gene Mirro]

I have several clones, and collect a large amount of seed from them.  If you want some, send me a private message.  But these plants are not easy to germinate.  I would give them a couple of months of warmth, followed by winter temps for several months.  But I would not let them freeze hard.  They make a long taproot, and do not like high soil temperatures.  Maybe the best thing is to sow them where you want the plants to remain.  They need a lot of moisture until late summer.  I grow them in my blueberry patch.

[Hoy]

I have several clones, and collect a large amount of seed from them.  If you want some, send me a private message.  But these plants are not easy to germinate.  I would give them a couple of months of warmth, followed by winter temps for several months.  But I would not let them freeze hard.  They make a long taproot, and do not like high soil temperatures.  Maybe the best thing is to sow them where you want the plants to remain.  They need a lot of moisture until late summer.  I grow them in my blueberry patch.

Hi Gene, what kind of blueberry is that? Does it mean that the soil is very acidic?

[Gene Mirro]

I have several clones, and collect a large amount of seed from them.  If you want some, send me a private message.  But these plants are not easy to germinate.  I would give them a couple of months of warmth, followed by winter temps for several months.  But I would not let them freeze hard.  They make a long taproot, and do not like high soil temperatures.  Maybe the best thing is to sow them where you want the plants to remain.  They need a lot of moisture until late summer.  I grow them in my blueberry patch.

Hi Gene, what kind of blueberry is that? Does it mean that the soil is very acidic?

They are the common edible blueberries.  Soil is quite acidic, but I apply a little lime every year.

[Hoy]

Gene, you know what's common blueberries there isn't the same as is common here

[Gene Mirro]

Lots of information here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry