Re: Re: TB: Unknown burgundy

Neil, There are several ways to do this, but I would say the most accurate
way is to use a microscope and count chromosomes. For TBs,  if there is a
total of 24c then it is presumed diploid, if it has a count of 48c then it
is presumed tetraploid. Another way is using a petrie dish but I have never
done this, but may Harald Mathes might know. He is also on this web site.

Francesca
irisgirl2@home.com



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Subject: [iris-photos] Re: TB: Unknown burgundy


> Hi Neil-
>
> I'm not sure how to tell if an iris is a diploid or tetraploid, so
> can't answer your query.  What are the defining characteristics there?
>
> You're right about the haft marks.  They are so faint as to be almost
> non-existant.  They are confined to the area right around the beard,
> very close in, have a yellow cast to them, and don't stand out at all.
>
> I don't believe it is PBF, but it is hard to say for sure.  I think I
> would remember if it was.  There is no fan on it right now as I got no
> increase before it bloomed, then it was dug up and potted a few weeks
> ago, along with all the rest of my irises, and is basically the rhiz w/
> a stem and one leaf on it.  I'm really hoping that old rhiz will put
> out some kind of increase before winter or I may have seen it's one and
> only bloom.
>
> I'll look around for 'Technicolor' and 'Tomeco' and their relatives to
> see how they compare.  Thanks for your input!
>
> Mike U.
> Oly Wa
>
>
> --- In iris-photos@y..., neilm@c... wrote:
> >
> > Mike, I have no idea what it might be, but I note some
> > characteristics--one is the paper-sheath below the bud.  This
> > couldn't be a diploid could it?  Not many tets have paper sheaths,
> > although it did occur--Snow Flurry for example has them.
> >
> > Also the lack--or near lack--of conspicuous haft marks.  That also is
> > unusual in early reds and burgandy colors.  One of the first to have
> > really clean color was TECHNICOLOR and from it, TOMECO.  This
> > burgandy may have kinship with TECHNICOLOR.  The quality was so
> > unusual that Schreiners went on to build from this line of breeding
> > with VITAFIRE and through its offspring POST TIME, almost all more
> > recent reds.
> >
> > Many reds and burgandies have purple or reddish leaf bases.  Is this
> > one colored or plain?
>
>
>
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