HYB: Thornbird
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
With about 95% of my seed pods harvested so far this season, I sure had a
shock tonight when I picked a pod off of Thornbird that had 92 mature seeds
in it! It was from a cross between THORNBIRD x DESTRY RIDES AGAIN.
Prior to tonight, my biggest pod had about 59 seeds, with about a dozen
other pods in the neighborhood of 55 seeds.
Now I know 92 is far from the "world's record", but it got this rookie
pollen dauber all excited!
On a side note, I've been really intrigued how some pods seem HUGE but when
I open them up they contain few seeds. Instead, their enormous size comes
from very thick pod walls. Go figure.
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
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 SPEC and SPEC-X hybrids
(my gardening URL: http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html)
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