Re: TB: HYB: OK, where is the pollen?
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: HYB: OK, where is the pollen?
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:57:10 -0600
> From: amyr@jump.net
>
> I see the part of the flower that looks like a very thin
> wishbone... I take that to be the "female" part, the stigma. Where
> is the "stigmatic lip"? I don't see separate anthers; and I have
> looked on both the "front" side of the stigma (visible when looking
> between the standards, and the "back" side (visible only by either
> prying the stigma forward, or by pressing a certain way on the flower
> that causes it to hinge downward, as mentioned previously.
Amy,
The pollen is on the anther, which is the tip of the stamen at the end of
the stalk or filament. The anther is shaped somewhat like an elongated
arrowhead or the tip of a spear. In bearded irises the anthers and pollen
are almost invariably cream colored and in most cases so is the filament.
There is a single stamen below and in front of each of the three style arms
(the curved, broad "stalks" in the center of the flower that usually end in
a bifurcated frill beneath which is the stigmatic lip). Sometimes, in male
sterile cultivars, in aging flowers, or in hot weather the stamens are
vestigial. Even fully formed, they are rather tiny, but should be easy to
identify if you are looking in the right place.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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