Do you have any old nylons you could tie around it, or be ready for the next one? I have a ton of those tulle wedding bags with drawstrings to help close them. They are great for keeping track of future seeds.

Martha

Martha, thanks for the suggestion. I do have some of those little tulle wedding bags. I'll try one or an old nylon. I was able to get three beginning pods year before last by trying my hand at manual germination. None made it to maturity because of the bugs or they were just not very strong. I did try to protect the pods by covering them but it didn't help. I worried that maybe I damaged them by trying to protect them. I'll give it another try as this little pod is probably already damaged by bugs. Without trying, it will most likely be a goner.

Mary

Just an update on the Red Ring Seed pod. It is growing and looking healthy. I put it in a little tulle bag (thanks, Martha). A few more days and I think I'll need to find something larger as the length of the little pod is expanding daily.

After so many years of watching this little plant for any signs of seed pods, I'm so excited to have this one naturally occurring pod to observe. Gives me hope that one day, more of us will be able to share seeds of this stunning milkweed.

Mary

Did the seed pod produce seed?

That looks like Poke Milkweed to me