RE: Re: HYB: Huh?
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: Huh?
- From: J* R*
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:27:01 -0700
I kinda guessed the Gnu part, and I expect the luminata was the other parent
because of the pigment match, but this velvet plum seedling doesn't look
like any kind of zonal to me. It is the cleanest solid color I have seen.
That is what has me so surprised.
John Reeds
jreeds@microsensors.com
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> --- 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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