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Lilies: Growing Hemerocallis, Iris and lily from seed, 1 by Leftwood

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Leftwood wrote:
Be very careful if you use the blow method. Viable seed can still be very light.

Notice that Pardalinum said different varieties. The 10 Simplon lilies that you have will not pollinate each other because they are the same variety.

If you have viable seed, they might look like this, with the embryo looking like a darker line in an overall lighter color seed. Maybe my eyes just are not that good, but I don't recommend trying to eyeball seed when your not sure what you are looking for. It's hard enough as it is. Put a light behind the seed so the light shows through, and you will be able to see any embryos much easier. I use a toy tracing table, or a photo slide (or negative) viewing apparatus works well. (But nothing hot, of course.)