Re: OT: Pink Pardancanda


Wow! that is one beautiful pardancanda! Get those seeds!
Laetitia

--- In iris-photos@y..., "Hensler" <hensler@p...> wrote:
> Laetitia,
> 
> Beautiful color on this one! I hope you're saving seeds. These are 
wonderfully self fertile and you can pull some interesting colors out 
of the gene pool. 
> 
> We've had enough frosts recently to kill the tomatoes and put an 
end to the corn for this year. Rather than take a chance that I 
wouldn't get seeds from the Pardancandas and some of the dicotoma, 
I've thrown them in pots and hauled them indoors. 
> 
> A few newbies from a seed swap are finally blooming and at least 2 
are a clear corn yellow. 
> 
> The one showing some spring variegation is blooming its head off 
and is a lovely purple and gold with spots. (The photo was taken out 
in the garden.) I counted 39 buds on one stem. Height is a bit better 
than average for us at 49" tall and (finally!) it looks like leaf 
spot is on the decline though it had been in a thickly planted bed 
with overhead watering. 
> 
> I've been selfing every bloom hoping to bring up a stronger 
variegated pattern in the leaves. Keeping my fingers crossed. 
> 
> Christy 
> 
> 
> Skip & Christy Hensler
> THE ROCK GARDEN
> Newport, WA
> http://www.povn.com/rock/
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "laetitia munro" <lmmunro@h...>
> 
> 
> > This is my pink Pardancanda. Not a great shot, but I'm very proud 
of this 
> > one. I actually grew it from seed. Which is quite a feat for me.
> > Haven't been able to get ANY iris seeds to even appear on the 
plants.
> > But about this guy, its strange, but the parent was orange/red, 
and he is 
> > distinctly pink/cream(??) I only had one pardancanda last year, 
and I 
> > suspect his mother is also his father(??)Is that possible?
> > And why is he pink?? Genetics? Or maybe the fact he grew in a 
pot; was stuck 
> > in the garage over the winter, and might have had a different 
environment 
> > than the parent(s)?
> > Laetitia


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