Re: HYB: Pollinating iris...was question
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Pollinating iris...was question
- From: "* C* <j*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 01:32:19 -0600 (MDT)
Rick Tasco wrote:
>It is very difficult for a bee to pollinate a bearded iris.......
Yes I understand this. I have a garden full of bees and have never seen
a bee pod on an iris.
> My point being that you do not have to protect a bearded flower after
pollinating. This coming from one who has made hundreds of crosses,
planted them and observed the characteristics of each parent expressing
themselves in the offspring.
I also appreciate that you have far more experience than me. My comment
was a response to the remark that you have to get to the flower before
the bee. If a bee does in fact pollenate it, then how can you say
reliably which pollen fertilised the flower.
If you're not worried about bee pollenations, then you don't have to
worry about beating the bee.
Jan Clark
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