HYB:Viable pods:was snapped stalk result

Linda,

I find this truly amazing.? I've not had success with anything under 3 weeks of pollination.? 

Is this evidence that all properties for seed development?are contained in the embryo from fertilization?? Surely, it would not be termed an accident?? 

<<I am pretty amazed that a 5 day old "pod" could ripen viable seeds!?>>




Betty W.
Zone 6
KY


-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Mann <lmann@lock-net.com>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 8:07 am
Subject: [iris] HYB: snapped stalk result


Stalk was snapped during microburst (tornadic) winds 5 days after pollination.?
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I brought it indoors, laid it on the windowsill where it got a few hours of filtered sun in the morning. It did not rot. Ripened 55 seeds; as soon as the pod started to split, the pod went directly into a loosely closed baggie in the fridge, shelled and burrito'd eventually; in the fridge for 4 months, when seeds started to sprout; one of those sprouts is now above ground.?
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I am pretty amazed that a 5 day old "pod" could ripen viable seeds!?
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IMMAMY:(IMM x AMITY ESTATE) X IC1:(IMM x CSONG).?
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I love going out to look for new little bits of seedling green this time of year!?
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