Re: BULB: reticulatas
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: BULB: reticulatas
- From: D* K*
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:30:17 -0400
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net>
>Don't speak too soon, Dennis. Reticulata ovaries are below ground at the
>time of flowering; what looks like a flowerstem is actually a long tube
>extending up from the ovary. If you didn't know this, check again by
>closely removing soil at the plant's base. Later the capsules reach the
>soil surface. When ripe, they split and the seed is dumped out on the
>ground.
They do what now?! How bizarre! Well, the flowers withered away 3 maybe 4
weeks ago, but nothing has happened. No fat little seed pod is evident.
I'll keep a'checkin 'em though!
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, SIGNA, SLI, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: ABs, REBs, LAs, Native Ohio SPEC and SPEC-X hybrids
(Check out my web page at http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html)
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