[PHOTO] Re: RE: HYB - UMBATA

Hello Paul,
Very nice flower!  We are getting some of the same results from Barry's
lines by plicata rebloomers.  This is a *very* involved parentage, including
Honky Tonk Blues, Earl Of Essex, Tomorrow's Child, Sweet Reflections,
Electrique and Pagan Dance.  I agree, the unknown interaction factor is what
makes it so fun.  Frustration is par for the course for me, but it is all
worth it when you actually get something you are trying for.   BTW do you
remember Blazing Sunrise? :-) It is still one of the most popular garden
iris here.  Have you continued it's line?
Mike
you have probably forgotten more than I will ever know about phenotypic
expressions, anthocyanin, carotenoid pigments and flavones. ;-)

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> 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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