Dear Pravin Ji, You are right. Even in Latin America, we can not be sure about the pollination by hummingbirds as such professional farmers pollinate it manually as described in the link given below. http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/book/chap9/vanilla.html Regards Yazdy.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Pravin Kawale <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Humming bird is a pollinting agent of vanilla > which does not ocures in India i.e. > why it needs manual pollination > Thanks > > On 4/25/10, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: >> Nice pictures. see some good vanilla beans too. Incidentally, each >> flower has to be pollinated by hand using a small stick like a >> toothpick for the beans to form. This is in India because it is not a >> native of India and the pollinating agents are not available over >> here. >> Regards >> yazdy. >> >> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Pravin Kawale <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Flowes of vanilla planifolia >>> Location:Nagoan, Alibag >>> Date/Time: 25 April 2010 9.00am >>> Habit: Climber >>> Cultivated in farms >>> Regrads >>> >>> >>> DSC04559.JPG >>> DSC04566.JPG >>> DSC04561.JPG >>> DSC04563.JPG >>> >>> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. >>> Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "efloraofindia" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Pravin > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
