Re: Bee Pods
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Bee Pods
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 19:33:31 -0600 (MDT)
Diana Louis wrote:
>
> On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, rimat wrote:
>
> > Michael Cook wrote:
> > > Rima,
> > > A Bee Pod is a seed pod on a plant that was not "put" there by
> > > intentional hybridizing. It was the result of some insect, most often a
> > > Bee having done the pollination. This is not a case of someone getting
> > > stung (like I did Monday.)
> > >
> > In that case (I really was just tacking on a joke to a serous question)
> > then I have lots and lots of bee pods all over the sibs and pseuds.
> > What happens next? Do they fall to the ground and grow new plants? I
> > thought they multiplied just with offshoots. If you cut off a bee pod
> > and put it in a pot, would it grow? Is this a good idea or just let Mom
> > Nature do with us as she will? Rima terra@catskill.net upstate ny zone 4
>
> Rima, Someone last year said that the disadvantage of bee pods is
> that if you allow them to spread seeds around you don't know which
> the parents are for any seedlings which might be a disadvantage if
> you are trying to give named irises away. So if you want to save
> the pods wait until they are ripe but not more than cracked at the
> top and take them off. Or you could put stockings on them until
> they ripen and then collect the seeds.
>
> Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
> Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
> AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
>
> URL for the North American Native Irises web page
>
> http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
Hi diana--
Down at what's left of my pond, I don't care if they intermingle. The
more the merrier. Elsewhere in the garden I will be careful though and
heed your advice. Thanks.
Rima terra@catskill.net
upstate ny zone 4
