Re: I. typhifolia hybrid

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Thanks for the infos, Jim.  Judging from the seedlings, the siberian/sanguinea side is dominant and may be the result of the seedlings being 25% or less typhifolia.  They are very early, as my siberians need another two weeks in most cases.

Are we sure that typhifolia was actually involved as the falls show no signs of it.  I have raised seedlings of China Rose Bauble and see no sign of typhifolia.  I wonder if an early hybrid was mistaken for typhifolia, which has apparently only been available for about 20 years.  I've only managed to find some scant infos about the reintroduction in the '90's (?).

In the end, I suppose it doesn't matter as far as further crosses, but I would love to have another fall form coming through, plus a clearer white spot on the fall.

Jamie

On May 17, 2016, at 12:03 PM, Jamie j*@freenet.de [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

the attached foto is of a seedling raised from SIGNA seed. Offered as 
typhifolia hybrid.  If so, then the other parent would be siberica, I 
would think.  Any opinions? have others bloomed seedlings from this seed?

The other parents were siberian cultivars, these crosses were made by Dave Niswonger. His plants are mostly selections of I. sanguinea as are the majority of siberian cultivars. 

I have a few seedlings that flowered for the second time this year. They are early and in shades of blue to pink but the flowers are not exciting. I think we need to cross these seedlings with each other to get a wider _expression_ of the hybrid.

The old 'Caesars Brother' was an actual cross between I. siberica and I. sanguinea. It wasn't until Schafer/Sacks started working with both species that we began to see more than a very few new hybrids.

Jim
 

Jim Murrain
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