<<39 1/2". There are 11 buds.>>
Congratulations!
Betty W.
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Griffin Crump <jgcrump@cox.net>
To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 11 May 2008 11:05 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] HYB:Hybridizing quiz again
You're quoting the judges, Linda! Here's a photo taken this morning.
The terminal bloom began to open during the 1 1/4-hour trip to the
show, and two more were opening by the time the judging was completed.
39 1/2". There are 11 buds. I've been working on this branching for
15 years, since the first of it appeared in 93RR6, a sibling of 93RR2,
which is in the pedigree of this seedling.
07U8:(LYNSEY ALEXANDRA X 20Q5:(952H1:(93RR2:(Margarita x Momauguin) x
Fringe of Gold)) x 952G8:(93L6:(Wabash x (Wabash x Crossman yellow
sdlg)) x Chinese Treasure)). The branching comes from 93RR2. -- Griff
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Hunt
To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] HYB:Hybridizing quiz again
Because it had a magnificent stalk and bud count?
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:22 PM, J. Griffin Crump <jgcrump@cox.net>
wrote:
This is to test your hybridizing knowledge.
Last September 11, I posted photos of LYNSEY ALEXANDRA and my seedling
20Q5 and asked why I would cross them. You smarties guessed the answer
right away (keep 20Q5's rich colors and get LA's broader falls.).
Night before last, I visited one of my distant seedling plots that rain
had kept me out of to see if there was anything I might take to the
Fredericksburg Area Iris Society show the next morning. More rain was
pending, so anything I wanted to take would have to be cut that
evening. I saw that 07U8, a seedling from the above cross, had one
completely spent blossom, but others might bloom overnight. I cut it.
The next morning, no other buds had opened and I doubted that any would
before the judging. I took it anyhow.
Quiz questions: Why did I take it and why did it win "best seedling"?
Clue: The answer to both questions is the same. -- Griff
Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia
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