Re: HYB: Pollinating iris...was question
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Pollinating iris...was question
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 17:31:40 -0600 (MDT)
Jan Clark wrote:
> . . . 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 -- Each year, about 10% of the pods I harvest are bee pods, so the
little fellows are having some success. If the bee gets there before
you, you should see the evidence -- pollen on the stigma. If you don't
see any, you can be reasonably confident that you have an unpollinated
bloom. Like some others who have commented, the seedlings resulting from
the crosses I have made show the characteristics of their parents, so
late arriving bees don't seem to interfere with the pollen I have
already planted.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
