Re: Sibtosa

Tom,
         I've only made one cross of this type, using the siberian as the 
pod parent.  The seedlings haven't bloomed yet, but about half of them were 
albino which seems to me a pretty good clue that something is going on 
there.  The cross made a well filled pod.  I'd encourage you to give it a try.
         I've grown Butterfly Fountain and Sibtosa Princess.  Both of them 
seemed to me to be vigorous easy growers, but somehow not all that 
interesting as garden plants.  Of the two I liked Butterfly Fountain 
better, but there didn't seem to me to be much reason to prefer them over 
the parent groups.
         Ken
At 03:40 PM 2/23/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>I am interested in the species cross - sibtosas. I'm looking for
>sources and I would also like to generate some sibtosa seedlings. So
>was wondering how easily the 28 chromosome Siberians cross with Iris
>setosa. The few sibtosas I've read about are from siberian seed
>parent and setosa pollen. How numerous and well-formed are the seeds
>from this cross? Also, does the cross work in reverse?
>
>I've come across these in my reading:
>PAUSBACK SIBTOSA (Tamberg 1993) Diploid Sterile
>ROYAL DOLLY (Reid 1995) Diploid Sibtosa. POLLY DODGE x I. setosa Alba.
>BUTTERFLY FOUNTAIN (Tamberg 2000)Diploid sterile. SNOW PRINCE x white
>setosa. First white sibtosa.
>NORTHERN PINK(Tamberg 1995) Tetra-Sibtosa. Fertile amphidiploid from
>cross of two converted diploid sibtosas.
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>SIBTOSA QUEEN (Tamberg 2001)....this is a 3/4-1/4-Sibtosa-hybrid.
>THREE QUARTERS (Tamberg 1993)....this is a 3/4-1/4-Sibtosa-hybrid.
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>SIBTOSA DUCHESS (Tamberg/Schafer-Sacks '02) ??diploid??
>SIBTOSA PRINCESS (Tomas Tamberg) ??diploid??
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>Any comments on how sibtosas compare to the two parental types would
>be interesting. But most of all, I'd like to find a source (in the
>USA or Canada) for 'BUTTERFLY FOUNTAIN' and 'NORTHERN PINK'.
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>Thanks in advance for any information, Tom
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