Hank, was it me you were looking for? I don't have emails to me through GW blocked....

I may have referred you to Seed Site for photos of pods, capsules, seeds:
http://theseedsite.co.uk/seedpods.html

There was a good photo last Fall of tithonia seed on the Seed Harvesting/Saving forum - I haven't grown these myself.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tithonia seed

It sounds like you are trying to harvest the seeds before they are ripe. The petals will all fall off and the center of the flower will turn brown and hard. The stem leading up to the flower will also turn brown. You need to wear gloves when harvesting these because the pods are pretty sharp. Once the seeds are ripe, you can either put the pods in a bag to dry completely or break the pods open to harvest the seeds. They look like the picture in the link morz8 provided.

Becky
ramazz

morz8 and ramazz,
I may very well need to offer you both an apology. Razz described something different than what I am calling mexican sunflower. I will take a picture of what I have and maybe one of you will be able to identify it if I am calling it by the wrong name. Thanks to both of you.

hank2230@yahoo.com