RE: SPEC-X

 

Well said, Will.
 
At our local iris shows, I always check to see what the people's choice was, and it isn't always an iris that received an award.  
 
El
 

To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
From: gardens@molalla.net
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:20:07 -0800
Subject: Re: [iris-species] SPEC-X

 
Dennis,
 
Don't apologize,
 
Your opinion is worth just as much as we judges.  After all it is the gardener who is the final judge on the worthiness of any garden flower.
 
I am a judge and I happen to agree with your opinion.  There are nine categories of bearded iris...if it looks like a bearded and grows like a bearded it should fit into one of the categories of bearded iris.
 
I like you am looking for something different like a Cal-Sib or a Pal-Tech or Alley Oops .... something new and different that won't fit into one of the established categories.
 
As a judge my vote goes that way as well.
 
All My Best
Will
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: d*@badbear.com
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] SPEC-X

 

nope.  i'm not a judge.  i'm just a gardener.  i've never understood (nor cared enough to learn) the rules of classifying bearded irises.  so such dilemmas just seem silly to me.  (if it is 1 inch too short or if the flower is too large, or whatever)

and if indeed the rules are so strict that they hinder development of wonderful seedlings like the one you described, then i have even less interest in those rules than before!

sorry... it's far from an intelligent or helpful answer.  but all i can do is reiterate my viewpoint that as a gardener, to me, i would not be able to see a big difference between your hybrid and another SDB or IB.  and so i struggle to accept it as a SPEC-X.

i suppose that's what happens when non-show people like me are utilizing show terminology.  so i guess i've learned a lesson from today's conversation.  that if i don't care enough to learn about bearded classifications, then maybe i shouldn't be so opinionated about the SPEC-X category either (even though it's totally my favorite).  i humbly apologize.  :-)

Dennis in Cincinnati



On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Chuck Chapman <i*@aim.com> wrote:

I have a seedling, that is a cross of an SDB  x  aphylla.
As SDB it is often too tall, as IB is often too short
Any suggestions as to how to classify it, if not Spec-X

Chuck Chapman



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