AR: Aril Traits, Colour patches

Message text written by  Chuck Chapman: 

>   It certainly seems that the arils are more
prone to this colour breaking then others. I will get this in beared iris
particularly the SDBs. When there is a cold spell (snap) a few days later 
I
will see a lot of these colour splotches on the flowers. I have also noted
that the arils respond accordinly and seem to do this with less
provocation,
that is a milder drop in temperature. This drop in temperature can be a
cold
night after a warm day. I also tend to ignore this when evaluating
seedlings.
The early ones to bloom have more of this, but then they also have more of
the
temperature drops. It could have something to do with a change in growth
rate
or a teperature provoked change to pigmentation.
<

Have you noticed this tendency in pure arils, as well as in arilbreds? If
so, would you give me some examples of splotch-prone arils?

I have sought the trait in ancestral species, in an attempt to understand
it but here the arils themselves are not prone to splotch.  Not even the
ones with patterns similar to those of the splotch-prone arilbreds.  That's
why I've come to believe that some type of genetic interaction is involved.

>
Is there any chance that you could post a photo of some of the seedligs
that
you reffered to that has both types of color patches?  
<

I believe there are already some on my website -- but there are so many
pictures up now that I'll have to check to be sure.  BEADWORK is the only
one of the type I have introduced.

Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
http://www.geocities.com/~smcallister



------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whatever you want, chances are you'll find it at one of the hundreds 
of sites in The PointClick Network--like Disney.com, eCost.com, 
FogDog.com and many more. You get paid as you shop and an additional 
10% off any purchase, anytime.
http://click.egroups.com/1/2994/0/_/486170/_/955934332/
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index