Re: HYB: immature pods
- Subject: [iris] Re: HYB: immature pods
- From: "Neil A Mogensen" n*@charter.net
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:12:19 -0400
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
I saved a pod from Lotus Land last year that the stalk had started rotting out
from under the pod. I left what appeared to be healthy remnants of the stalk
attached to the pod and brought it inside, put it near a window with good
light and air movement. Later I discovered the pod had gone soft and smelled
bad. Immediately I got a dish, opened the stinky pod and shelled out the
seeds--which had the smell too. I flushed them several times then dried
them.
Would you believe--a few of those seeds germinated, although weakly, this
spring. The endosperm was only partially developed, so there was little food
for the new embryo, but they survived. I never cease to be amazed at the
toughness and durability of iris.
Neil Mogensen z 6b/7a near Asheville/Hendersonville, NC
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