Lowell; is correct in saying I encourage the naming
and registration of clones of species. This amply
shows the variability within species. Actually so that
the sourcr of material can be tracked and separated it
would be useful to have both clones in commerce
registered with a name. I am sure Bruce grew this from
SIGNA seed which was likely collected at that time. If
we would have had these registered way back, we would
probably never have lost track of where that original
collection was. Probably about the time that this was
originally collected was the same period when Dr. Lee
lenz wrote in the bulletin that the AIS would so much
like to see species clones from collected localities
registered that they offered to do this for free. As
far as I know the policy was forgotton but never
rescinded. The problem now is that no one will
register it becuase they were not the introducer. But
even though it has been in commerce, someone should
still register each to keep them straight. One of you
that is distributing it seems a good candidate. Down
from my soapbox, Bob Pries
--- irischapman@aim.com wrote:
> The clone I have came through Bruce Richardson. I
> don't know were he got it.
>
> The clone you have is very narrow. For those of you
> with Kohlein's Bbook "Iris" there is a photo of iris
> reginea on pg 331. It is intermediate between these
> two photos in terms of its width.
>
> Chuck chapman
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LBaumunk@iriscolorado.com
> To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com;
> iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 1:50 PM
> Subject: [iris-species] Iris variegata reginae
>
>
> This has been sent to both Iris-Species and
> Iris-Photos.
>
> I have gone a few months without checking the
> Iris-Photos archive. This morning I was interested
> to find an entry labeled I. variegata reginae.
> Three beautiful photos of a charming iris were
> posted by Loic Tasquier. He said that he had
> received the plant from Chuck Chapman of Canada. He
> included a very interesting list of the several MTB
> cultivars that list reginae as a parent.
>
> I grow a quite different clone as I. variegata
> reginae. It is much narrower and 'wild' looking. I
> purchased it from Terry Varner. My question is
> whether these could be two different clones of the
> species or whether one of them must be something
> else.
>
> Some of the MTBs in Mr. Tasquier's list were from
> the lines of Terry Varner, so I imagine that the
> narrow clone is the iris used in those crosses. If
> two such different clones are really both reginae,
> it seems to me that they should be identified by
> clone when they are used in hybridizing. Bob Pries
> has long advocated that clones of a species that are
> offered commercially or used as parents of hybrids
> should be named and registered. This case may
> provide a good example to support his argument.
>
> The first picture is the plant that I obtained from
> Terry Varner. The second is Loic Tasquier's photo
> of the plant he got from Chuck Chapman.
>
> Regards,
> Lowell Baumunk
> Colorado
>
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