Well, well. I knew a little about poly blooms, but never thought about the pistil having as many sections as the poly has petals. I had many many blooms with the pistils being seperated at the first of the season and on into the peak bloom season. This is what has caused the questions. I also had pistils that would have 2 normal parts and then one would be shorter than the rest, usually about half the length. I tried setting pods on these but none worked.
I always try really hard to get a good consistant coverage when I apply pollen but sometimes it seems no matter how hard I try, I still get the bad shape with one section not developing. I'm about sure it's a problem within the pistil that keeps the pollen from reaching the ovary. But, I don't know this for sure.
I'm always going to be asking and digging for information to give me bigger, better and more seed pods. I find this very interesting. I'm one that would love to see all of this under a microscope. The picture that I referenced at the AHS of the end of the pistil is very interesting and amazing to me.
Thanks you all for the information
I love to learn and you all are a weath of info that can't be found so easily anywhere!! You are appreciated
