Re: [iris-tallk]HYB: Pod parent first
- Subject: Re: [iris-tallk]HYB: Pod parent first
- From: w*
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:20:38 -0500
- Content-description: Mail message body
- Priority: normal
> Wondering why the pod parent convention was ever adopted to start with
> (daylily convention is the same)
> Bill Burleson 7a/b
> Old South Iris Society
>
The pod parent comes first because of many bee pods or
otherwise unaccountable pollen donors (fatherhood).
And, the pod parent is tangible whereas the pollen parent is
intangible. As you nurture the pod into maturity and later work
with processing the seeds, it is just natural to think of the mother
first.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8 (A JI seedling giving maiden bloom
today...very late for this climate but a perfect bloom).
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