Re: perrieri

Neil,
Thanks for the Iris perrieri info. Actually, after I posted the 
question, I did some google searching and then searched the old "Iris 
Talk" archives. It appears that Iris furcata and Iris perrieri have 
been considered, at times, to be synonyms for Iris aphylla. But it 
also has been mentioned that they are diploids, whereas typical 
aphylla clones are tetraploid. I can't remember offhand which was 
which, but the bloomstalks are very different for the two. One is 
branched/forked at the rhizome with mostly green spathes. The other 
is unbranched and has a lot of purple on the spathes. I can't wait to 
see the blooms and try out some hybridizing.

As for the white pallida X suaveolens seedlings, I won't know a lot 
about their fertility until I've worked with them a little more (this 
is first bloom for the majority of them). But I did get modest seed 
to set on the few blooms last year. So far, that seed hasn't 
germinated. Those blooms occurred during the heat of summer; but I 
had noticed that they didn't have any pollen. I haven't gotten to get 
a good look at all of these newly opened seedlings, but I have seen 
ample pollen on at least one of the early opened purple ones. And 
I'll be out there today, checking the rest.

I'm pretty sure that the Kupari white pallida is a recessive white. 
It hasn't given me any completely white offspring in crosses. Only 
purple selfs, bitones, amoenas and plicatas. 

And by the way, I've got a batch of seedlings getting ready to bloom 
from Kupari X Iris variegata (Beardsley clone). Last year one bloomed 
and it was a plicata. It should be intersting to see what the rest 
look like. That plicata seedling didn't produce any pollen and I 
couldn't get any seed to set on it either.

I'm looking forward to more discussions about the diploid bearded 
crowd. So, stay tuned.

Tom





 
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