Re: Re: HYB: immature pods

Hi Neil,

Do you suppose the seeds might have done better if you had started them in
something like the material used to start orchids?

Char

Neil A Mogensen wrote:

> 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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