Re: HYB:Returning Chameleon & Immortality

In a message dated 11/21/2006 3:04:54 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
jgcrump@cox.net writes:

<<And when you say "split lengthwise", do you mean just opening  up the 
twin pollen sheaths?>>
Yes, or lay the anther flat and run a knife down the length of the anther  
forcing the sheaths to 'pop' open revealing the pollen.  Much of the pollen  is 
on the knife this way.  Bridge In Time came from 46 seed and Returning  
Chameleon came from 29.  
 
As with other irises some years are just different.  Could be I just  got 
lucky that year.  Weather conditions can effect the presence or quality  of the 
pollen.  A freeze that may appear to leave a flower/stalk/bloom  unaffected may 
cause the pollen to be sterile. 
 
In 2005 we had a late cold spell that lasted for a week or better.  It  
caused a mahogany seedling in the bud to turn green inside the bud!   Honest!  
Later, all crosses I made with Summer Radiance & Pure As Gold  were barren.  
Pollen looked okay.  This year, the same two irises set  seed like crazy.  We also 
had a cold spell this spring but it was later in  the bloom process.  


 
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