I also had white dry seed from Lilium concolor var. coridion. I had peeled an opening flower and protected the stigma from pollination, but never got to pollinating it. To my surprise, it produced lots of seeds anyway, but I could not find an embryo in any of them. The seeds were almost clear, and I wondered if there was anything in them at all. The following spring, I put them between moist paper towels and they did indeed have good endosperm: they plumped up nicely. But, none ever sprouted, and embryos never became visible as they often do after water absorption.
Your photographs are great, Lorn. It's not unheard of to be able to see seed embryos without a "light box" of some sort, in fact I was looking at some seed from John Lykkegaard just yesterday, but to be able to photograph that is quite a feat, I think.
It will be
very interesting to see what come out of those seeds.
(A bated breath emoticon seems more suitable, but a bit ghoulish. However, it would be appropriate in this All Hallow's Eve season of the macabre.)
