Re: HYB:Shriveled Seed Pods
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: HYB:Shriveled Seed Pods
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 13:04:02 -0600 (MDT)
On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Sharlyn or Steven Rocha wrote:
> On Friday night chat, the subject of shriveling pods came up. We were
> discussing how some pods thrive and grow and then change color and begin to
> shrink. We wondered if these pods were air pods. Today we have found the
> answer to our question. Yes and No. GIRL NEXT DOOR was large but
> shriveled. It started opening. We picked it, looked inside, and there was
> one happy seed. Steve held it gently in his hand and even tried to hug it.
> It was the first seed of the year and his first seed ever. Are these
> shriveling pods evidence of few or fewer seeds? It would seem so.
> Steve and Sharlyn
> srocha@pacbell.net Zone 9, Region 15
> San Diego "America's Finest City"
Steve and Sharlyn, Having just tried pollen daubing myself, I
wonder if you tried to get pollen on all three stigmatic lips on
that particular iris. I am just wondering what's inside the pods
I've got(?).
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
