Viewing post #670794 by Leftwood

You are viewing a single post made by Leftwood in the thread called Hybridizing Lilies.
Image
Jul 31, 2014 7:44 PM CST
Name: Rick R.
Minneapolis,MN, USA z4b,Dfb/a
Garden Photography The WITWIT Badge Seed Starter Wild Plant Hunter Region: Minnesota Hybridizer
Garden Sages I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Identifier Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
Again, as I understand it, incompatibility "kicks in" only after the embryo germinates, when it tries to use the incompatible endosperm. Therefore, I would think the best time is when the embryo is mature as possible, but still able to be separated from the endosperm. I read somewhere how the embryo "pops" out when squeezed correctly. I guess I just assumed it was with nimble fingers, but..... So I would assume the seed must still be very turgid. I don't think anything would "pop" out in a half turgid seed. Sounds like it would require a lot of practice. And not only that, different types of lily seed can have different embryo placement within the seed, complicating things even more.

I hope I'm making sense here. I guess I'm behind the times (hardly ever watch TV), but I just "discovered" 2Cellos and am listening to them as I write. (I'm three-quarter Slovenian, and one of the guys was born in Slovenia.) So this music is new to my analytic mind, and I can kinda almost understand their Croatian, too.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates

« Return to the thread "Hybridizing Lilies"
« Return to Lilies forum
« Return to the Garden.org homepage

Member Login:

( No account? Join now! )

Today's site banner is by Zoia and is called "The Patio"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.