Re: Re: [iris] ReHYB: question - genetics of haft marks? [John Reeds]

Neil  --  It surprises me to see such a Romantic Evening-like seedling from
a cross of RE with GREAT GATSBY.  What were you aiming for with that cross?
I hope you'll be able to keep the beauty of the flower while achieving the
branching.  --  Griff

zone 7 in Virginia


----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil A Mogensen" <neilm@charter.net>
To: "IrisPhotos" <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 7:09 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: [iris] ReHYB: question - genetics of haft marks?
[John Reeds]


> John, the possibility of really strong contrast keeps coming up in current
> irises too.  Here's a seedling that is woefully short on branching, but
does
> give some well-branched seedlings when bred to something else that has the
> branching:  P 2-4, which is from Great Gatsby X Romantic Evening.
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> Paul Black's HABIT is in a similar color range.
>
> Some seedlings from Wild Wings X P 2-4 were along this line also.
>
> Twenty to twenty-five years ago such black or blue-black falls were not
> showing up.  Farther back than that was Cook's own TOLL GATE.  That isn't
> the one of which you were thinking, is it?  It has similar color value,
but
> I never cared much for the form.  It never gained the prominance that both
> Whole Cloth and Melodrama did, along with a somewhat less happily but
widely
> accepted Emma Cook.
>
> Neil Mogensen  z 7  Reg 4  western NC mountains
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