Seedfork said: I am thinking that maybe the fall tended to be very dry like it is here most years. Any late seed pods found would probably be very dry along with the seeds inside them.
This has been one of those years here when any seed pods found in the late summer early fall would have been bone dry.
adknative said:Thank you for your detailed and thorough contributions to this thread!You are very welcome.
Thank you! I am so happy to have someone with more daylily knowledge than myself testing this.You are very welcome.
On the other hand, based on the 'really dry' theory... @Sooby @Hembrain and @Seedfork ... I just planted over 20 seeds recovered from a pod I found outdoors in the spring ... a pod I did not find the previous fall, still on its scape, nicely dry and just lightly cracked open at the top, with a lot of seeds... which wintered outdoors in temps this past winter down to -35 F.
I could not bring myself to toss the seeds, they looked so full, shiny black and perfect - firm when you squeezed them. I do 'not' expect any of them to germinate, honestly. But wouldn't it be astounding if any of them did?
I am curious as to what mechanism the seeds have for survival.