HYB: Multiple Pollinations
From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
Jim Loveland wrote:
>
I believe once a cross takes whether you pollenated one lip or all three
it's
over. But what I was saying is you have to pollenate all three lips to have
seed in all three chambers. I do not believe once a cross is made and takes
that a bee can pollinate that flower again. Course I am not an expert. Why
don't we do an experiment next spring all of us pollinate 2 flowers but
only
one lip but leave the iris petals on to see if you have seed in the other
chambers. <
There is certainly a point at which the stigmatic lip is no longer
receptive. I believe that is part age, part depletion of its juices by the
developing pollen tubes. Another trick I have used to improve my chances
of getting a take is to cross onto only one style arm at a time with an
hour or two between crosses. SAME pollen parent, though.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
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