Re: Re: Iris abicans

In a message dated 3/24/2005 10:42:14 AM Central Standard Time, irischapman@netscape.net writes:


Does this make any sense?

Your theory is good as any but contrary to mine.

Here it is difficult but not impossible parent. Pries suggested one of my comments calling it "always infertile" was inappropriate. I believe he cited a couple of registrations in which it was involved.

I almost quit but continued pollinating it. I got one pod from Cocoa Pink pollen one year with no germination of the one seed it produced. The following year I got a pod from what I thought and still suspect to be William Mohr. That pod produced 4 seeds.

These two scant pods involved a dozen or so pollens and several hundred blooms. I expect better this year by shifting my effort to AB and DB and maybe MDB pollens. It detests TB pollen here.

I have never successfully self pollinated albicans nor seen a bee pod appear. I think it is most designed genetically to increase itself by vegetative propagation and defend itself from disease by not keeping the stalk full of moisture to feed seed pods. I use the tight clasping spath as thin evidence of this speculation. I have never seen rot in this iris.

So, right now, I think it is just a difficult momma with a difficult set of chromosomes... kinda' like my wife.

Smiles,
Bill Burleson
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