Re: HYB: good pod parents?
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: HYB: good pod parents?
- From: "* M* <b*@irisgarden.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 21:42:32 -0600 (MDT)
J. Griffin Crump wrote:
>
> J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
> >
> > this morning when I stopped
> > by our club's display beds at the State Capitol to cut spent stalks, I
> > found a big healthy clump of one cultivar in which it appeared that EVERY
> > pod on every branch on EVERY stalk had been fertilized! A prodigy of
> > desire. . .
> >
> > Celia, the bad news is that you don't know the name, The really bad
news is there is most likely no seeds there also. We call these "balloon
pods" They are iris that have been stimulated to form pods but without
fertilized seeds. Usually they happen in large groups where other iris
have not been fertilized by colonies of bees. I really don't understand
the dynamics, but cut one pod open before you spend too long waiting for
the seeds to dry.
Bill Maryott with 25 years experience dobbing pollen on iris.
