RE: HYB: Pollinating iris...was question

	Maureen Mark wrote:

>  It may be very difficult for a bee to pollinate a
>tall bearded iris but beepods are very common for the medians.  Given that I
>cut bloom stalks very late, I have seen the occasional beepod on a TB but
>the SDBs, MDBs and fertile IBs almost always have beepods.  I germinated the
>seeds from the beepod of PINK PELE (IB) this year.

	I also have good germinations on beepods from the SDBs, TOY BOAT (2)
	and SILK LINGERIE (3).

	Cheers,

	Ellen



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Ellen Gallagher  / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin   /   sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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