RE: more NOIDs

 

Dennis, Sean, et al,

                I’ve had a few mis-identified seed lots from SIGNA, too, including a couple of pleasant surprises.  This is just inherent in seed exchanges, I’m sure all have some mistakes.     SIGNA has been lucky over the years to have had some very knowledgeable people running the seed ex, and I have no doubt they catch a lot of boo-boos before they get this far.  I really do think we have a lower percentage of mistakes than most.

                Ken

               

 

From: iris-species@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iris-species@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Kramb
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 10:11 AM
To: iris-species@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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