Re: more NOIDs

 

I have recieved mislabeled seeds and plants for years and do not feel badly although some errors are rather egregious. Certainly a siberian seed looks nothing like an Iris darwasica seed with its aril. For some years I have been taking pictures of seeds (many are on the SIGNS website) and trying to find ways of creating a usable key for identification. After some study I have discovered there is more variability than one would expect in seeds even from a single species. I do believe it is possible to create a rather crude key which I am working on for the Iris Encyclopedia but I do not believe there are sufficient gross anatomical characters to sort the species except perhaps to their section or series.

 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Walker" <kenww@astound.net>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 12:24:35 PM
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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