Nice color and pattern on No. 3, Elm.
-- Griff
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Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 3:42
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Subject: [iris-photos] PHOTO: first 3
pumila seedlings from pum7XTT
Hello everyone.....
I am excited about this cross of
(pum 7 X 'Tiny Temptress'). Pum 7 is a pumila seedling of mine. "TT" is
a pumila of the Willotts that they registered as an MDB. For once, I had
a batch of seedlings that were not all purple. In fact, both last year
and this year I have tossed all the purple seedlings for the reasons that
their substance was poor or else just because their purple coloring would
dominate, and I do not want to hybridize for purple irises. Seedling 1
is a cute lemon yellow with brown rays at the tips of the beards that are
white and turn tangerine in the throats. I tore a small piece out of the
falls when I was trying to free the bud from the sheath too early.
Seedling 2 is in tones of blue and red
violet with beards that are near red in the throats. Seedling 3 is
a darling little bright white that has distressed blue violet fall
patches. Beards are white and turn orange in the throats. Another
seedling was purple, but I tossed it out. I will send photos of their
siblings tomorrow.
Elm
