Re: HYB:Luminatas
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB:Luminatas
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 19:48:12 -0600
> From: John Reeds <jreeds@microsensors.com>
> Of course, luminatas are "the hottest thing on the market" right now. I
am
> amazed, even given the tetraploid nature of modern TB's, at the diversity
in
> pattern expression. I was looking at Decipher in my garden; the width of
> the streaks is completely different from the narrow lines in Skipalong.
> Perhaps Skipalong is 3/4 luminata & 1/4 plicata? Of course, other
factors
> are also at work. Then I look at the fancy plicatas which I gather have
1
> or 2 luminata genes? Some of these mixes are fun, but next to impossible
to
> predict. Of course, there also seem to be different types of plicata
genes.
> Some iris are dotted, some are stitched, and nobody seems 100% sure
exactly
> what "color breakers" are. Brad Kasperek says his best results come from
> crossing one to a plicata, but it hasn't worked for me yet.
John,
SKIPALONG is classified as a lumi-plic, so it must have at least one
plicata and one luminata allele (gene); the remaining two alleles at the
plicata locus could conceivably be any combination of plicata, luminata,
and/or glaciata. From what he has previously posted on this subject, Chuck
Chapman may have some idea of what the full plicata gene complement of
Skipalong is. "Fancy plicata" is often, though not always, a synonym for
lumi-plic, which means both plicata and luminata alleles would be in play
in determining the color pattern. I made a cross between Brad's GNU'S FLASH
and Sterling Innerst's TENNESSEE WOMAN (a bicolor-plicata) and about one in
four of the seedlings were color breakers, one of which earned an EC as the
best seedling at our local show last year, so keep on trying!
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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