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Thanks Jon, I feel quite confident that the seeds formed from pollen that I dusted 16 days earlier. The final 3 days the plant was noticeably looking 'deader' each day, so an amazing job the mother did to produce seeds that can germinate!
I have never knowingly done this, but I am completely confident on the dates of the Mulanje (it's all in the journal). Plus the seeds actually look very pale and immature like you would expect if immature. Another thing is, they had been allowed to 'set' for 6 weeks, so for germination they have probably been well timed, perhaps compared to seeds that may have been sitting unsold/stored for years, otherwise it was a surprise to me. I threw the 5th seed without waiting it out, it wouldn't have would it? But anyway, 4 out of 5 was quite amazing. So there is hope when seeds are pale and they have no dark markings. Just 2 weeks 2 days!
As winter is starting in a couple of weeks I hadn't considered ever growing them out. But @Azimuth raised a good point that you won't know whether the immature seed can go on to produce a good plant if they're not grown out. They were left in the ziplock bag for a couple of days longer than I would have normally intended for growing, so the roots got a bit curly and yellowed. But they are all above ground now, kinda fragile, one is normal, the other 3 needed assistance with their helmets and received a bit of stem wrestling in the process. There is heavy rain later apparently, they're outside under an overhang so we'll see how they are tomorrow.
) for lack of a better explanation, had a hard start and seem strong now. I expect a summer grow from them and they'll be in the journal of course.
