Re: 'Swerti' spelling

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Thanks for sharing those pics, Chuck. I'm looking forward to reading your article about this cross. Seems to show unambiguously that *both* these species have some of the recessive plicata alleles in their genome.

--- In i*@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Chapman <irischapman@...> wrote:
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> I strongly suspect that what we know as Swertiii (or as cutivar "Iris sweertii) is actually a cross of I.pallida and I. variagata. It was discovered in a garden, not in wild.
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> I'm preparing an article on an cross of I.pallida kupari and I. variagata regina, that gave a high number of plicata seedlings. All  (100%) had papery pallida spathes.
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> A  few seedlings that could be called luminata-plicatas.  Almost all seedlings produced seeds, but about 33%  would not produce seeds from attempted crosses, but most of these  did set bee pods.
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> Here are two pics. One of a plicata seedling and one that resembles luminata-plicata pattern.
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> Chuck Chapman
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