Re: Hosta Wheels
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Hosta Wheels
- From: J* H* <h*@gcnet.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:49:28 -0400
- References: <372E1BFC.54FB@gcnet.net>
Dear Lu,(Newbie)
No one has responded to your request to "explain" the Hosta Wheel. As
an oldbie, I am the one who "re-invented" it, so I will try to
summarize it for you.. There has been much written on it. I suggest
that
for background, you read in the Hosta Journal Vol 26.2 the article
"Clans
of Sporting Clones" and in Hosta Journal Vol 27.1, the article "Using
an
Artist's Palette to Classify Hosta Sports". These two articles suggest
the use of a clock face( or wheel) to describe the color of hosta sport
leaves by the placement of sports on the clock face. The progenitor
(parent plant) is indicated in bold type. Sports derived from it are
placed at 12 oclock if green, 2 oclock if white margined, 4 oclock if
yellow margined, 6 oclock if yellow/gold, 8 oclock if green margined
and
yellow centered, and at 10 oclock if green margined and white centered
(Note: This is a simple explanation. It gets a little more complicated
later).
Colors which exist are based upon the various plastids in cells and
their relative population and distribution patterns which exist in
margin tissue or tissue in the center of the leaf (L1 and L2).
A document, "Hosta Wheels" shows groups of related hostas in graphic
formats. This document is being kept updated and corrected constantly
by
a Committee of volunteers. We sell the document at cost to interested
hosta gardeners. You can contact Tom Micheletti to buy a copy.
Recent developments are that we are working on (1) a sports data base
and index, (2)a color wheel to show 24 representative colors with code
numbers to more accurately describe colors which exist on various
sports
and (3) a Web Page of sports from which the Hosta Wheel Document,
photos
and descriptions of sports and other miscellaneous information can be
downloaded. The purpose of this exercise is to do research on sports
and
to compile information for educational use. Stay tuned and you will
hear
more very soon about the Hosta Wheels on its Web Page.
Jim Hawes
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