Re: HYB: Huh?
- Subject: Re: HYB: Huh?
- From: i*@netscape.net
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:00:57 -0000
--- In iris-talk@y..., John Reeds <jreeds@m...> wrote:
> A couple of years ago, during my long process of moving, I only saved 3
> crosses. I mixed Gnu, Rock Star, and a luminata in all 3
combinations (one
Here's the mystery: a couple of the early blooms have
> left me wondering if the stakes got switched or some seeds washed
over from
> the other row. So, I'm not 100% positive which cross is which, though I
> should be able to figure it out this year with all the bloom. I
have one
> seedling that is a deep velvety plum, subtle bitone, with decent
form, burnt
> orange beard, and extremely clean hafts. Huh? The color matches
the wash
> on the luminata, maybe crossed with Gnu; but don't luminata or plicata
> crosses with selves always seem to give hafty stuff, and aren't
broken color
> iris half plic or so? Where the hell did the genes come from? I
>
> jreeds@m.
Its very likely that the mystery iris has Gnu as one parent. The
broken colour iris seem to be pl pla plu plu. The solid colour could
be a zonal (plu plu plu plu), which is a plicata. They usually have
an a area around the beard that is free of anthocyanin ( violet/blue)
pigment, but with the darker (aphylla blue) pigment this can be almost
un-noticable. Thus the orange rather then a plum coloured beard. You
are not the first person to get this. Mike Sutton posted a photo last
year of a zonal, much like this from a cross of a broken colour with
(I believe) a luminata. For more on this check out my previous posts
on plicata genetics.
Chuck Chapman, Guelph Ontario. The reticulata and danfordiae are in
bloom, about 10 days later then usual
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