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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Approximately zero of these flowers are going to be wind pollinated, so you aren't going to have to worry about allergies.[/quote]

Op here. Oh, this is new. Allergist tells me that he has pollen allergy after blood testing. I thought he is not supposed to stay near or touch any flowers (small or big). [/quote]

Almost certainly this is not necessary.

The main trigger -- almost exclusively the only trigger -- for pollen allergies is wind-pollinated plants, which have tiny little pollen particles that float through the air and into the sufferer's lungs, where they freak out the immune system.

Insect pollinated (or bird, or bat, or anything besides wind-pollinated) plants have sticky pollen that just sits on the flower, waiting for a pollinator to pick it up and carry it to the next flower.

Nearly everything with an even vaguely showy flower is not going to be wind pollinated, since wind-pollinated plants don't care about the aesthetics. Plants that depend on pollinators invest in flowers that attract them, and many of those are also attractive to us. [/quote]

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