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Will,
It was like Christmas morning - -
watching those seedlings bloom, wasn't it?
Another good reason to use one pod
parent x (only) one pollen parent is because if you are ecstatic enough
with the seedlings produced - and want to duplicate that cross again - - you'll
have the precise/correct record on which ones it took.
Super/great advice from Bob, Christy, and even what
Betty has said so far. I admire your creative side. Good luck with
your hybridizng and start thinking about goals. What is it - - do you vision - -
that you would like to see produced? Then go after it. :-)
.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:37
AM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] LA
seedling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Warner" <wildbill@techie.com>
>I
mixed pollen on this year of crosses. I'd read about hybridizers
mixing
pollens in >hopes of inter-specific crosses. Hopefully I'll
spell these
right...pseudacorus, >siberian, foetidisima, spuria,
virginica, ensata, and
louisiana were all mixed
>together in a film
canister, and pollen brushed on with a small paintbrush.
Hi
Will,
The iris community certainly could use a few more hybridizers
working with
species crosses and I can't fault your enthusiasm!
I
would suggest that the term "mixing pollen" when used by other
hybridizers
usually means that pollen from different plants of the same
species are
mixed before using.
It's a space and time saving method
I use especially when using unnamed
seedlings on another species to find
out if there is any compatibility. Once
I know I have a "take", I can do
more detailed one-on-one crosses.
Hiroshi Shimizu also mentioned of the
"Eye Shadow Irises" that pollen from a
wide array of Japanese irises was
mixed before using on individual I.
pseudacorus types to see if any might
be receptive. Once the best
"pseudacorus" for the crosses was identified,
more crosses could be made
with selected JIs. (BTW, the "pseudacorus" that
won out is actually reported
to be a 3rd generation pseudacorus-type
derivative of HOLDEN CLOUGH, a
species-x. But that's a whole 'nuther topic
;-))
You'll find that if you limit mixing pollen to plants of the same
species
that you'll be able to tell more quickly if a cross worked and
increase your
chance of success in subsequent crosses.
Good luck
with your hybridizing.
Christy
Skip & Christy Hensler
THE
ROCK GARDEN
Newport, WA
http://www.povn.com/rock/
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[PHOTO] LA seedling