RE: Re: perrieri

I thought that Kupari was considered to be a glaciata white. Your results are certainly consistent with this. Would like to have more details of your crosses. Patents, and  coulours and numbers of offspring, if available.

Chuck Chapman

"tesilvers" <tesilvers@yahoo.com> wrote:

>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
>
>
>
>


-- 
Chuck Chapman, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Zone 4/5


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