Re: Re: HYB: Huh?
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: Huh?
- From: M* S*
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:27:14 -0700
Hello Chuck,
which one was that? Can't remember, was it Suky X Fancy Woman? Been taking
notes on the BC crosses, luminatas and plics for you.
Mike Sutton
Porterville, CA USA
USDA zone 8b
TBs are finally starting to bloom heavy.
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Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 7:00 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: Huh?
> --- 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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