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Re: Dumping irises!( was Can Someone explain this?)

Here are some more pics David.  I will send 2 of them, but one at a time.  They are a little larger for clarity and I don't want to lock up anybody's computer that has dial up. If this is a volunteer seedling, it has been hiding in that clump of Gertrude for over 7 years!  I have been hauling it around from house to house.  It is kind of my tribute to my Mom's gardens, since it came from back home.  I guess nothing is impossible, but that seems a long time to take to bloom.

On 5/8/06, David Ferguson <manzano57@msn.com> wrote:
Linda,
 
Personally I don't think the "chromosomes faltered" explanation will work here.  'Gertrude' is indeed a diploid - a cultivar of I. pallida, but judging from your photo, the odd-ball doesn't look much like I. pallida at all, and if it is just the same plant with double the chromosomes it should in theory, even if tetraploid, look rather similar to the main plant.
 
Of course it is very hard to tell much from the mini-photo in your post; it's hard to make out much detail.  Do you have more photos?
 
If it really is some sort of a polyploid sport, it would be very fun indeed.
 
I would suspect that a volunteer seedling would be more likely.

Dave


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