Re: more NOIDs

 

I'm with you on the adventure with these seeds.  Before I ordered my 25 from SIGNA's 2008 and 2009 lists, I had a terrific time, checking into what the parents looked like, plus if the resulting iris would survive here.
 
Although I have a few iris overwintering in the house this year, I don't normally, aside from a few pots of Japanese Iris, which I bring inside as a backup for the ones in the garden.
 
When you're planting your SIGNA seeds, do you plant them all, or save some for future attempts?
 
El

From: k*@astound.net
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 11:24 AM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-species] more NOIDs

 

I also noticed that 09MS254 were spuria seeds and am looking forward to see what plants result. Mine started sprouting this fall.

The surviving seedlings of 06R255 include one I. lactea plant (no blooms yet) and the rest are I. sanguinea, but I'm happy with a few wild-collected I. sanguinea from Korea.

I can be disappointed with mislabeled garden seeds, but don't mind a bit of "adventure" with wild-collected seeds.

Ken Walker
Concord, CA USDA Zone 9

On 12/27/2010 9:02 AM, Sean A. Zera wrote:

 

I'm not upset about receiving misidentified iris species in the
exchange, just interested in keeping track of what they really turn
out to be. Say I get a particularly nice or unusual halophila from
last year's wild collected seed with known provenance. Someone 20
years from now, upon receiving a piece of that clone, decides to check
the old seed exchanges to find out said origin, but finds that it
lists 09MS254 as lactea chrysantha. They may think they have the wrong
plant of unknown origin when they actually have 09MS254, misidentified
at the source but still possessing a valid collection location.

Regarding NOIDs, as an Ann Arborite I recall many public service
announcements back in the late 80's encouraging me to avoid them.

Sean Z


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