While the irises were blooming, I diligently transferred pollen among varieties. I may have pollinated 30 flowers - lost count. Of those, only 3 flowers "took". That's all I need - no room for zillions of iris seedlings.
This was Spiced Custard pollinated by Immortality. I did not bag the flowers, so it's possible there is cross pollinaton with a different variety. The pods remind me a bit of poppy seed pods.
This was an un-named purple/blue iris rescue, pollinated by Liaison. In general, I pollinated blues with blues, and yellows or oranges with yellows or oranges, and anything with white.
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