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.
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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.
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When you're planting your
SIGNA seeds, do you plant them all, or save some for
future attempts?
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From: k*@astound.net
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 11:24 AM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-species] more NOIDs
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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:
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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
