Yes, that is more or less the general drift of what I imperfectly recall as well. But I thought it might be useful to know the wording of the official definition. Is someone able to offer a citation, please?
AMW
-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Walker <kenww@astound.net>
To: iris-species <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 10, 2014 10:56 am
Subject: Re: [iris-species] SPEC-X
As I recall, those who worked to create
the category (I don't remember exactly who now) intended it to be
a broad category for hybrid iris that did not fit well into other
categories. This includes those that might be placed in another
category but did not meet modern expectations despite being judged
worthy of introduction by the hybridizer.
Ken
On 1/9/2014 8:18 PM, Sean Zera wrote:
I'm curious to know that as well. Various AIS
sources seem to indicate that it covers any iris hybrid,
technically encompassing all the other AIS classes except
Species (and Japanese, since they're one species). I was
unable to quickly figure out whether there is one official
name for the class outside the abbreviation SPEC-X. It is
referred to as Species Hybrid, Interspecies and
Inter-species on the AIS website. It is not mentioned at
all on the Classifications page there. Interspecies is
used on AIS ballots. The AIS wiki mentions Species Cross
and Species Hybrid.
