Seems like a great iris, i can't wait to use
it, Paul put it in my batch last year as well as
Cat in The Hat and Intoxicating ! (i told him i didn't want his TB
Bonuses... ).
the pod's pod is ((Echo Pond x (Gentle Air x Chubby
Cheeks sib))= Blue Chip Stock !
Thanks Billy for posting this, i've just put
it under the picture on Flickr!
Paul has had such a nightmarish ordeal with
computers this winter that i'm glad i can help a bit: if his intros can be seen
somewhere, that might relieve a bit of pressure off his back for the
catalogue...
Kay Ludi told me yesterday the 2008 Intros booklet
is at the printer, and should be ready in 3 weeks, so in over a month time,
we'll be able to read all the parentages!
i126A looks a bit like Date With Destiny, the
branching looks amazing too on the picture i have.
I'm attaching both of them, The one i have from DWD
is a bit less saturated than the one from the catalogue. And on the one from
i126A, you can see the branching!
Bye for now,
Loïc
----- Original Message -----
From:
b*@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:55
AM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] HYB
Mid-America Garden's 2009 Intros!
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Thanks for posting those pictures Loic. Got an email from
Paul the other day telling me he was introducing "Date With Destiny"
Sdlg K297B. Here's the catalog description of it.
DATE WITH DESTINY (Black 09) Species X - most
closely resembles a very short IB - Midseason-Late TB season 18" (46 cm)
Date With Destiny, along with its sib Alberta Clipper, has the
potential to add an almost unimaginable dimension to the SDB class and
to a lesser degree the IB class. Traditional SDBs usually have one
branch and 2-3 buds. On occasion one will have 2 branches and 4-6 buds.
The problem has been that the later types tend to open multiple blooms
on branching that is too close to display them without becoming a bunchy
mess. In this respect, Date With Destiny overcomes this problem.
Amazingly, the foliage remains short so as not to interfere with the
flowers and well-spaced branching provides plenty of space for them to
open properly without bunching. Flowers also remain proportionately
small. The other major effect is pushing SDB bloom time well into TB
season. I say FABULOUS! Classically formed flowers have mid violet blue
standards and blended band on darker red violet falls. This represents
an amazing pool of genetic material. Sdlg. K297B: ((Echo Pond x (Gentle
Air x Chubby Cheeks sib)) x P.Black unknown tet MTB) X (Sinister Desire
x Delicate Image). This would be a fun one to enter in a show.
Paul is going to have some amazing things coming out in the next
several years and I cannot wait. Sdlg I126A is another one I want.
Hopefully he will introduce it too in the next year or so.
Billy
--- On Wed, 1/28/09, loic tasquier
<tasquierloic@cs.com> wrote:
From: loic
tasquier <tasquierloic@cs.com>
Subject: [iris-photos]
HYB Mid-America Garden's 2009 Intros!
To:
iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 28,
2009, 7:38 AM
You can see Paul and Tom's new intros
there:
Loïc |
