Re: naming irises

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It is the difference between a seed line and a perennial. A perennial
is a 'one off' situation. Seed-line are a family with genetic
traits that are very similar, but still individual variations between
plants.

Along those lines, F2 is technically a self cross, not a cross of
siblings.

Chuck Chapman


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Subject: Re: [iris-species] naming irises






Help me on a technical point. The lecturing professor's assertion is
certainly one of those huh? moments that always come up in a good
discussion of cultivar. I have to assume the man is exquisitely
correct. Registering a cultivar with the AIS appears to the encouraged
protocol for introducing one's iris to the community. If one wants the
cultivar to remain genetically synonymous with a certain clone, how
might one go about this? For discussion's sake, how could it be done
strictly within the current protocol? If we need to discuss changes of
protocol, do that after exhausting the "no changes" options.