Re: "Bee" pods
- Subject: Re: "Bee" pods
- From: m*
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:21:53 -0000
Bill I have a question relating to this. Is the single grain of
pollen I can see with the naked eye one grain or is it a cluster of
grains.
Mike Greenfield
redear@infinet.com
--- In iris-talk@y..., Bill Shear <wshear@e...> wrote:
> On 5/21/02 8:03 AM, "iris-talk@y..." <iris-talk@y...>
> 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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