Re: SPEC-X

 

Hi Tom,

SO good to hear someone else is working with bearded species!  I will let others with more experience address your questions, but I wanted to point out that the Median Iris Society just posted the first of the seed lots they are offering in their new Seed Exchange. Several great species crosses from Cindy Rust.  Check it out!

Be aware that more seed lots will be added soon, but you can order now!  The MIS is a great source of information and seed, and check out the other great offers they have for the spring, including a chance to buy Paul Black unnamed seedlings before they are named and introduced!

Bill


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From: Tom Waters <irises@telp.com>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, November 22, 2010 6:28:02 AM
Subject: [iris-species] SPEC-X

 

Greetings all,

I've been acquiring various bearded and aril species to begin hybridizing with. Naturally, my thoughts are running ahead to some future time when I may have seedlings to be considered for registration and distribution.

When I was last involved in the iris world, the SPEC and SPEC-X classes and there respective awards were just getting going. Now that they have been around for sometime, I wonder if a consensus has developed around when it is appropriate to register a hybrid as SPEC-X, as opposed to another established class that it also meets the requirements for.

My understanding is that this is entirely at the registrant's discretion, but I would still like to hear everyone's thoughts. As a species enthusiast, how do your expectations differ if an iris is registered as SPEC-X rather than, say, MTB, AB, etc. Do you have in mind some notion of "distance from species" in distinguishing SPEC-X from other classes? If you are a judge, do you view award-worthiness differently for SPEC-X cultivars than for those registered in the established classes?

Although I am working with bearded and aril irises, the same questions arise with respected to the beardless classes as well.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Tom


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