--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, bdavis3738@... wrote:
Thanks Brian,
That picture of Prank looks familiar, did you post it before? The name rings a bell too... For what it's worth I think Brash is related to something else that has been reported to be poly-tepal.
Brian, did you have a 'late' frost- a frost that perhaps 'zapped' a few stalks down in the fan? I'm working an angle on "frost related poly-tepal tendencies.
christian
> Thanks Christian!
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> Looney has the following parentage: Mochaccino X Brash I am not sure if
> it is normally polytepal. This was its very first bloom here. If so,
> that will make two iris that we have that normally do this. Prank by Keith
> Keppel always produces some polytepal blooms every year here in Champaign.
> Sometime up to 6 falls although mostly 4 and 5. Here is a shot of it with 6
> falls.
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> Brian
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> In a message dated 5/4/2009 6:41:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
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> --- In _iris-photos@iris-photos@iri_ (mailto:iris-photos@yahoogroups.com) ,
> bdavis3738@, bda
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> Brian,
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> To answer your question the best and most current hybridizing infomation
> is probably on iris-talk. I think it operates as another yahoo group...I
> could very well be wrong... but someone else will sort it out.
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> Anyway, there is the archives at hort.net and that is well worth the
> reading. Search Niel Morgensen (I might have mispelled)he was a tremendous
> resource.
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> Naturally, what you're interested in specifically will indicate who you
> speak to.
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> Will somebody please post pedigree info for Looney? Have to put that one
> in my notes. Does anyone know if Looney is commonly poly tepal?
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> Christian
> > Greetings fellow Iris Lovers,
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> > I was wondering if any of you can point me in the right direction to
> find
> > information on iris genetics and hybridizing? The info in "The World of
> > Iris" is a good start but it seems to be outdated quite a bit.
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> > Here are a couple of pictures of a new SDB to our garden. This is Looney
> > which is a Thomas Johnson 2007 intro.
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> > Thanks in advance for your help with the hybridizing question.
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> > Brian Davis
> > Champaign, Illinois
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