Re: foetidissima seedlings

Is this information from your experience with this species?

With bearded plants this factor is in cytoplasm and passed only from pod parent and is dominant.

Chuck Chapman

"Hensler" <hensler@povn.net> wrote:

>Hi Dennis,
>
>As a rule of thumb when dealing with variegated plants the F1s will *not*
>show variegation. F2s (assuming the gene that expresses variegation is in
>there) should give you 25% variegated plants. :-)
>
>Christy
>
>Skip & Christy Hensler
>THE ROCK GARDEN
>Newport, WA
>http://www.povn.com/rock/
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dennis Kramb" <dkramb@badbear.com>
>
>
>> I was pleased to get some seeds from my variegated Iris foetidissima last
>> season.  They've nearly all sprouted, but not a single seeding is
>> variegated.  I've read that using a variegated plant as the pod parent
>> increases the chance of success.  Is there any kind of ratio one would
>> expect to see in the offspring?  I only got about 10 seeds, so I guess I
>> shouldn't have had high expectations.
>
>
>


-- 
Chuck Chapman, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Zone 4/5


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