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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:26
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Subject: [iris-photos] HYB: some more of
R 60 cross, not Umbrata
Omitted from the previous post concerning
Umbrata, here is an indifferent quality photo of P 1-9, sib to 'Power Woman',
(Swingtown X Romantic Evening), with some photos following showing some
of the diversity of the progeny the previous post did not show. This
cross, and several others from the "R" year have been grown by one of my
daughters in middle Tennessee, a gracious gift of time, effort and space I
have greatly appreciated:
P 1-9: Swingtown X Romantic Evening slight
bitone or self, Umbrata, no border, blue-purple beard; not showing is a
substantial coppery influence in the base of standards and hafts; the flared
up fall on the lower right shows the color of the underside of the
petal:
The following are an addendum to the previous
post in order to sho some of the other non-umbrata seedlings from the R
60 cross of Lotus Land X P 1-9:
R 60-yellow1 (temp. desig.)--slight blue showing
at tip of tangerine beard:
R 60-yellow2 (temp. desig--more blue showing in
beard that looks more yellow than tangerine at the tip in this photo,
shading to a deeper orange in throat, approaching a "Joyce Terry"
pattern:
R 60-yellow3, the yellow approaching
apricot, more strongly developed white blaze in fall, both blue and rich
red showing in beard, made more obvious by the missing standard (first bloom
of stalk, I think). I admit to being rather smitten with this
honey:
Then, I have only a tentative idea how
to interpret the colors of this puppy. temp. desig. R 60-violet.
Considering its daddy, I'd say perhaps violet-blue self, strong yellow
influence in the sides of the fall, rendering the color warm violet as
a flush. The fall band says this may be
an Umbrata, but the fall blaze is also strong yet veined with
Umbrata-like veining. The beard shows a mix of yellow and
blue.
. 
Others in the cross included some bitone and self
red-violets, one of which opened two blooms, then shortly thereafter, two
more, so that there were four open at once. It is possible the bottom
blossom is on a separate stalk. My daughter tells me that it is
unfortunately rather messy in the hafts:
None of this followup is intended to
contribute significantly to the Umbrata question. It is posted just
to show something of how much fun, wild, wierd and wonderful some crosses
can be.
Neil Mogensen z 7 western NC
mountains
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