Tropical Zone Gardening: Help with Stephanotis Seed Pods, 1 by olupuailyana

olupuailyana wrote:
Hey all,
The first of my four Steph pods turned more black then brown actually. it started with a spot at the top near the stem and another is starting there. Anyway, the first pod turned very dark and wrinkly and when I squeezed it gently to feel for softness it popped at the seem. I left it a couple more weeks and it was split but not wide open so I opened it to examine. I thought well, it's more black so maybe it rotted and it's gone anyway. Ok so I found the seeds. Very thin, black flat like paper and slightly plumper on one edge. I put them on a plate and brought them inside my kitchen and they dried and shriveled up. I hope these two photos come through. One is dried seeds, one to follow is pods still in green state today.