Thanks!

I do get seeds from most my bee pods and sometimes lots of them. Sometimes the bees get something to cross that I have been unsuccessful at (well at least the parent cause that is all I know about). But then again, I end up with a lot more pods from what I crossed than what the bees produce.
I leave my seedlings on the patio during winter. It is a lot less cold here though than many places so that might be why I am getting away with it. If they do die back, they usually come back in Spring. Also, I have had seeds sprout 3 years later. And I have heard of people having seeds sprout after 10 years. I don't have that patience. I plant my seeds in plastic storage bins. As seedlings get big enough to move to the garden, I dig them out and plant them and leave the smaller seedlings in the bin. I have heard of hybridizers that plant directly in the ground in groups. It seems that would be a space saver. I have just been planting them individual as they are tall enough to transplant from the bin. I usually wait for my TB's to reach 8 inches and my SDBs to reach 4 inches before I move them to the garden. I have lost a few when I transplant but very few. I am still learning a lot though so I am sharing my ideas because so far they have worked for me but I definitely am not an expert to know the "best" way, just a way that has been working.
One interesting thing about the seedlings in the bin is: I used to be afraid when they were very tiny that, when watering, I would knock them over and kill them, but I found they have a pretty long tap root. Also, if I am transplanting a bigger Iris and it is next to smaller ones, the littler ones may get pulled out of their place accidently as I move out the big one, but they actually do very well at bouncing back, if you just make sure to re-cover their roots with dirt.
Tom, I got seeds from a Strawberry Shake cross this year as well but only 12 were in the pod. When there are that few seeds, I almost always don't have success with the seeds sprouting, but of course I am going to try.

I have numerous tiny seedlings coming up from the Sib Caesars Brother x Unk. They are in the very shallow amount of dirt I had in the container to cold stratify the seeds. It took the seeds a long time to sprout after coming out of the cold. So long that I put the container on a window to see if anything would happen. Now I have roughly 30 very small seedlings (3-4 inches tall) in a roughly 7 inch by 5 inch container. I am positive they need more soil but am worried about how to transplant them into pots. They need to be separated from each other as well to really grow.

Suggestions please!! Think I will be using small pots so they can stay on the window until spring when I will put them outside.
Help!

Okay. Obviously no suggestions forthcoming. Ah well.

Les.. I would wait to separate until there bigger your not to far off from your bloom once no danger of frost get them planted in the meantime .. let them grow for a while they will be fine don't over water almost let them dry out and get as much light to them as possible you will need to hit them with some liquid fertilizer eventually as they get bigger to keep them growing on a weekly basis I use the miracle grow just like for annuals.

Leslie: On the Siberians, I know nothing but...That's exciting that you have that many seedlings!!!

Elsa - It appears that I had 100% germination. Now that is a surprise! They sure took their time sprouting but hopefully I will have more than a few that make it to adulthood. This is my first foray into Sib seedlings. Hope I don't kill them.