Abstract:Pollen germination of Michelia crassipes,M.calcicola and their F1 hybrids were observed for providing the data for new cultivars selecting from the F1 hybrids.The results revealed that fresh pollen of both M.crassipes and M.calcicola had high germination percentage of more than 90%.Fresh pollen of the F1 hybrids was less vigorous than their parents,and the germination percentage varied from 38% to 79%,with an average of 57.7%.Temperature of 25℃ was optimum for pollen germination of the parents and their F1 hybrids.The higher temperature could prevent pollen tube elongation and induce the top burst of the pollen tube.The fresh pollen of the parents and most of the F1 hybrids germinated well and had higher germination percentage in sucrose concentrations of 100 g/L and 150 g/L.Pollen stored under-20℃ for one year were more sensitive to the sucrose concentration than fresh pollen.Two-tube pollen was examined in in-vitro cultured pollen of parents and the F1 hybrids.Safranin could effectively dye and cause a death of the pollen cultured in the liquid medium,which is helpful with statistics of pollen germination.