Re: "Bee" pods


On 5/21/02 8:03 AM, "iris-talk@yahoogroups.com" <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:

> Some of what we are talking about here is 'deja vu all over again.'
> Rarely do I put pollen on all three lips, and I get full pods.  Dr.
> Denman used to say, 'It takes only one grain!'  And he said that in
> reference to getting a full pod.

Dr. Denman was wrong about that.  One pollen grain can fertilize one ovule
and produce one seed.  Period.  Maybe he meant that one grain could induce a
pod, but that pod would contain at most a single seed.

Bill Shear


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