RE: RE: HYB - UMBATA

	This is a new term for me, "Umbata"...  I ordered something from
Barry called 'Touch of Mahogany', it is out of Copatonic. T.O.M. shows this
same pattern and color (coffee brown with a bold burgundy center on the
falls) as Copatonic, however there is also a spot or flush in the center of
the Falls which is pale violet. There is no 'blending' of the burgundy and
violet either. My guess is that a gene has suppressed all pigments in the
center fall spot area except for the pale violet (anthocyanin?) - meaning
the burgundy area is a combination of pale violet and some carotenoids ? 

Chad Schroter
Los Gatos CA Zone 9


>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: PAUL BLACK [m*@earthlink.net]
>>>Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 6:11 PM
>>>To: iris-photos@egroups.com
>>>Subject: [iris-photos] RE: HYB - UMBATA
>>>
>>>
>>>This is probably a very involved, interactive pattern.  Some 
>>>of the more
>>>recent, distinctive work comes from Barry Blyth's lines 
>>>which go back to
>>>Peach Spot and further back to Snow Peach.  There are also 
>>>the patterns
>>>like Joyce Terry with the more defined banding.  A further addition
>>>would be the plicata bands.  The tall bearded gene pool is 
>>>so mixed at
>>>this point that it will take a lot of sorting to figure out what the
>>>origins of these patterns are and how they relate to each 
>>>other and to
>>>other modifiers.  Barry Blyth's Copatonic is a really good example of
>>>one of the phenotypic expressions of this pattern.  I'm attaching a
>>>picture of H93A which is also a good example of an amoena type
>>>expression.  Tom Johnson is one of the parents and Tom is 
>>>directly from
>>>Barry Blyth's bicolor line.  There are so many influences on 
>>>this type
>>>pattern that I am sure there are no easy answers.  When I 
>>>use patterns
>>>of this type, I approach it more from the vantage point of 
>>>what happens
>>>if I add more anthocyanin or add the carotenoid pigments or flavones.
>>>Of course, what happens with the interaction of these is still only a
>>>guess.  All those unknowns is what makes it fun - and frustrating.
>>>
>>>Paul Black
>>>Zone 8 Salem, Oregon
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