Re: IRIS DEVELOPMENT: WHY DONT WE USE OTHER PLANT POLLEN FOR RARE NEW IRISES?

It was not my iris Gerry but someone elses who indicated it was the Pine pollen that , got into the iris. I am novice and do not know about such things.  To those Iris experienced developres Is mixing different pollen with irises possible  as was suspected by the one iris developer who contributed "strange Brew"?
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Subject: Re: [iris-photos] IRIS DEVELOPMENT: WHY DONT WE USE OTHER PLANT POLLEN FOR RARE NEW IRISES?

KEITH MINEO wrote:
> *reference:  Strange Brew:*
> **
> *This is surely one of the most interesting irises where, of all
> things, " Pine tree pollen" had fallen on the iris causing this
> beautiful color combinations. Please do try to replicate this. Another
> idea, If Pine Tree Pollen was responsible for this "rare" iris
> genetics, why don't we try  to use other plant pollen as well and
> experiment.  Please give me your thoughts...keith*

My thoughts? That the probability of pine pollen having anything to do
with the genetics of your beautiful iris is so small I could not compute it.

Gerry

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