Propagation: Extra seed containers, 1 by

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EIB,
LOL, I come to your rescue!!
Don't feel bad! For years I never saw any pods either----until 2009. They are hard to miss when they are there.
When an iris flower is pollinated---bee or otherwise, a green lump will develop in a week just under the fading flower, see 4th photo.

All the pods shown I cross pollinated by hand. In general, it takes 2 to3 years for seeds to bloom. This year they bloomed at 14 months much to my surprise. 5th photo. Since I have seedlings that bloomed at age 3, the only explaination is all the rotted horse manure I hand dug in the fall prior to planting. Likewise, daylilies seedlings bloomed, which were growing alongside in the same seedling nursery.

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