artificial pollination

[Georgio Pozzi]

Hello Eric:

may you help me with some advices about collecting pollen from Arisaema
male specimen?

I heard it is better to collect it in the early morning,( but shall I
get the whole stamen?  like with crocus for saffron) and place  the
collected on a paper to dry it, then it is possible to save the pollen
for a long time keeping it in firdge or freezer ( for years) well
closed into a glass bottle with covering cap.

Which is the best way to use it when pollinating a female? where to
brush the pollen? on the whole ovary? may I cut the spathe to reach the
ovary?

When better to pollinate that female? how many times shall I repeat the
pollination on that female?

Better to cover again the female spathe after the pollination or this
pollination will prevent by itself other fertilzation by natural way
and so the covering is unuseful?

Thanks,

Giorgio