Re: HYB: Yellow Plicatas? (was Mystery Irises)
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: Yellow Plicatas? (was Mystery Irises)
- From: C* M*
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:32:02 +0930
My 2 cents worth.
Light Beam is described by many as a yellow plicata because yellow is the
predominant colour. However the faint plicata pattern is actually a faint
rose or lavender plicata pattern over strong yellow giving a faintly
brownish stitching, mainly around the hafts. You'd soon know if what you
have was really Light Beam as it's a very determined rebloomer. Mine has
been throwing up the odd flower at various times since new year.
I prefer to distinguish the pattern in Joyce Terry, Lucky Doll etc by using
the term 'Banded' which is an accurate description.
Colleen Modra South Aust zone 8
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From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Date: Monday, 17 April 2000 2:50
Subject: [iris-talk] HYB: Yellow Plicatas? (was Mystery Irises)
>> From: storylade@aol.com
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>> NOT GLAZED GOLD, bloomed yesterday. First thing after JESSIE'S SONG.
>NOT
>> GLAZED GOLD is a yellow plicata. Gold standards, white falls with a 1/2
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>> gold band on the falls. Rich gold beard. Very early bloomer.
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>Betty,
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>I wonder about the term "yellow plicata" to describe your unknown yellow
>iris. Most cultivars with this type of color pattern, such as JOYCE TERRY,
>FRINGE OF GOLD, and FIRST INTERSTATE are not plicatas. LIGHT BEAM has been
>described as a "yellow plicata", but if the iris I am growing as LB is the
>genuine article, there is nothing diagnostically plicata about its
>appearance. The pedigree of LB is given as BROADWAY X BEVERLY SILLS.
>BROADWAY is a variegata-plicata, but the is no evidence of plicata ancestry
>is the recent generations of BS's pedigree. This is not conclusive, of
>course, since plicata is a recessive trait and can be present, but
>unexpressed, for many generations.
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>At a more fundamental level, is it even possible to have a true plicata
>that has a white ground color and yellow plicata markings? My understanding
>is that the plicata allele, when expressed, affects only the distribution
>of anthocyanin (blue-violet) pigments, not carotenoids like the
>yellow-orange-pink pigments in irises.
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>BTW, of the cultivars I mentioned above the only one I think might be your
>unknown is LIGHT BEAM, as it is the only early bloomer here among them.
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>Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
>jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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