HYB: Color Breakers (was Luminatas)
- Subject: HYB: Color Breakers (was Luminatas)
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 09:14:29 -0600
> From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>
> Jeff Walters in Utah wrote:
> <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! >
>
> What in the world were you thinking! <g> Seriously, what were you going
> for and what did you get? Do you have any pix to post to iris-photos?
Linda,
Actually, I was thinking of an "improved" GNU'S FLASH without the purple
bleeding in the standards, which I did achieve, though I believe Brad has
already done this, too. Besides, these are fun crosses - you get all sorts
of things from them. In addition to bicolor and self ground color breakers
the cross in question produced standard plicatas, bicolor plicatas, amoena
plicatas, neglecta plicatas, and straight bicolors, even a chimera. Also,
about half the seedlings inherited pbf from TW. Unfortunately, from your
point of view, with TW as a parent most of them bloom quite early in the
season. I have some photos, but since I took them myself, they aren't all
that good, and I don't have the means to post them to iris-photos.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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