teosinte ears ( and a few seeds )

the teosinte season in the back yard ( no ears on campus...yet ) is coming along well...that nine footer in the top photo is actually two plants very close together but thriving never the less...and i count forty-two ears on four plants around the yard in various stages of development...i am encouraged by the sighting of actual seeds in one ear on the large plant and, at least, can hope for mature seeds in the outdoors and not in the basement...that would be an accomplishment since the season is around one hundred and fifty-five days from germination until the ears first appear...then they have to mature...it's a sub-tropical grass so it has a long season and is somewhat sensitive to day length but obviously not enough to stop it form going to seed...so far so good...hope the good fortune holds.