{Disarmed} Re: Re: Hyb: seedling/Wearing Rubies

Yes, Linda  --  Margie should take heart.  A couple of examples:  BEST BET and  ROMANTIC EVENING.
 
BEST BET is notoriously hard to keep alive.  I have lost it twice here, and the current planting is on its last legs.  But, I have numerous hale and hearty first-generation seedlings from it, and second-generation progeny includes HAUNTING  and RANKS OF BLUE.  If Lincoln's ranks of blue had increased with the vigor and strength of this cultivar, he wouldn't have needed to institute the draft.
 
I have also lost ROMANTIC EVENING here, and the current planting is just barely holding its own.  But, I also have many vigorous seedlings from ROMANTIC EVENING, including just-registered LEMON SQUEEZE.
 
Of course, there are those that inherited the bad traits.  Probably the most dramatic seedling that I have from ROMANTIC EVENING, a gorgeous red/black, is agonizingly slow to increase and doesn't bloom reliably. 
 
So, it's well to remember how complex the genetics of our irises are,  and when considering whether to breed them, it's no sin to look at the bright side.  --  Griff
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Mann
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: Hyb: seedling/Wearing Rubies

WR is also very weak here, but a tiny scrap survived and is recovering
in a pot of dirty perlite. CORDOBA, new last year, and in a pot of
dirty perlite (where all new things now reside), is growing very well
here (well above average of potted same arrival date cultivars). I'm
learning that 'weak' cultivars that at least <survive> here for several
years <probably> have strong enough genes to produce stronger children.
Maybe....

Keep us posted on how the babies grow.

Wish there were some way to know ahead of time which of the 'weakling'
parents usually throw much stronger seedlings. TREASURED and ROMANTIC
EVENING definitely do. Griff, you know any other 'weak' parents that
throw stronger kids than you might expect?

<WEARING RUBIES have died here for me too. The year it DID bloom I
crossed it with CORDOBA; those seedlings were just planted about 2
months ago. Now I hope their growth habits WILL NOT resemble parent
WEARING RUBIES. Time will tell. Had I known when I crossed with it that
WR would not be a good grower I would have never used it.

~ Margie V.
Oro Valley, AZ. >

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