Hmmmm, I'll have to do a little research, and
probably some ordering. I have pretty much entirely historics, some from the
50's and 60's, but most from the early 1900's through the 40's... (well, I did
until the temp went down to zero for the last 4 days-we'll see what lives!)Not
much in the way of species....
Ann Conway
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Subject: [iris-photos] Re: HYB: KUPARI X
rubromarginata
Thanks Loïc and Ann. It's mostly a stepping stone for
me (as a breeders
iris) but I have to confess that
[especially with hardly any other irises
in bloom] I
really enjoy seeing these little old-fashioned ones.
Ann
wrote: "I've collected a number of Pallidas that I
have been trying to
cross with others, so far
unsucessfully. Any advice you can give
me?"
Ann, what have you tried crossing the pallidas with so
far?
Crosses with most modern Tall Bearded irises
should be rather difficult,
although not impossible. I
haven't tried very many of this type of cross,
but did
get a few seeds once from "Odoratissima" (pallida) by
using
pollen of an orange modern TB. The majority of
the pallida crosses I've
been doing have been with
other diploid/24 chromosome types. These tend to
be
other species (like variegata, suaveolens, cengialtii,
etc.) or older
type Miniature Tall Beardeds (not the
newer type coming from Iris aphylla
hybridizing) or
relatively old historics. Have you got any
possible
mates of these
types?
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