Re: more NOIDs

 

Morning all.
 
Yesterday, I was actually checking the SIGNA photos for seeds and rhizomes of a few iris I have, which is how it hit me that possibly I perrieri had bloomed and I hadn't realized it.  Still, better late than never.
 
I also found a photo of I bloudowii seeds on SIGNA, and mine do look like the site picture.  There's also a photo of I milesii rhizomes, so in spring, I think I'll unpot one of my two and check.  It was sent to me by a friend in the North West Territories.  He grew it from seed in his greenhouse, but it never bloomed for him.  In 4 years, it hasn't bloomed for me either, but this winter I have it sitting near a window, getting lots of light.
 
There must be enough light there, as I have a potted AB Oyez which just finally started to send up an increase.  yesss
 
I've been making notes as I checked both seeds and iris that I have, so the relationships are making better sense, thanks to both this forum and the SIGNA site, so I thank you all.
 
El, Ste Anne, Manitoba, Canada

From: d*@badbear.com
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 9:11 AM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-species] more NOIDs

 

Well, I have been asking donors to send me photos of the parent plants.  I add them to the online version of the Seed Ex list, turning it into a mini color catalog than just a list.  I only got three respondents this year though.

Also, some SIGNA members have done a great job of adding seed photos of true species to the database.  This is intended to help people receiving seeds to doublecheck them.  Once upon a time I was dying to grow Iris longipetala.  Had I known what the seeds were supposed to look like I mightn't have wasted years growing siberians by mistake waiting for them to bloom.  The species database itself was born out of that story, actually... about 11 years ago.

But as for keeping track of specific donations retrospectively, no, we don't have anything like that.  Maybe we should just post a disclaimer "CAVEAT EMPTOR.  ALL SALES FINAL."  lol  j/k

Dennis in Cincinnati (celebrating my dad's 80th birthday today!)



On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Sean A. Zera <z*@umich.edu> wrote:
It just occurred to me: does SIGNA keep track of such things, to
reduce confusion for someone who receives a clone of an originally
misidentified seed-ex plant, or someone trying to submit offspring to
a later exchange?


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