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Feb 1, 2017 10:57 AM CST
Name: ZenMan
Kansas (Zone 5b)
Kansas 5b
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Hi Jack,

Ah yes, more pollen florets. Excellent. Each can have enough pollen to pollinate several stigmas and create several seeds. But, if you miss using a pollen floret for some reason, it can still form a "floret" seed at its base.

Zinnia floret seeds are shaped differently from petal seeds, but they can grow and produce a plant. The only difference is that floret seeds are almost always selfed, while petal seeds can be selfed (by florets on the same plant) or hybridized by pollen from a different plant. You probably already knew all of that, but some of the "lurkers" here might not.

ZM
I tip my hat to you.

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