FW: TB: Ruffles on stigmatic lip

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From: Francelle [f*@qwest.net]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 1:57 PM
To: 'iris@hort.net'
Subject: TB: Ruffles on stigmatic lip



While doing my pollen daubing this morning, I saw something I had never seen
before.  The iris seedling I was pollinating is extremely ruffled and laced.
Even the stigmatic lip has a ruffle sticking out from it.  I am trying hard
to set a pod on it, because it is one of the most beautiful irises I have
ever seen, and as is my luck when I get a really gorgeous seedling, I will
probably lose it to bloom out.  I have been told that if you can set a pod
on a stalk that is blooming out, that will stimulate it into multiplying.  I
will try anything to try to save this one.  The pod parent was a bright
orchid seedling of mine from Pond Lily X Twice Thrilling.  The pollen parent
is Louisa's Song.  Both Pond Lily and Louisa's Song are good growers for me
and so was the seedling.  Twice Thrilling always tried to bloom out and
finally succeeded.  I am wondering if this a genetic trait handed down from
that grandparent.

Last year I lined out three siblings from that cross that had Louisa's
Song's form.  I have three clumps of this one in which the mother rhizome
has made two to four increases, but every one is sending up a big bloom
stalk with no further increases showing.  The second of the siblings is also
going to bloom too heavily.  The first, which was my favorite last year,
will have at least two increases that don't seem to about to bloom.
Beautiful as these are, I don't like irises that have suicidal tendencies.
They are heartbreakers.

I would put a picture of that ruffled stigmatic lip on Iris-Photos, but I'm
not sacrificing any of those blossoms for a picture.  They are all getting
crossed with Cloud Refection and 57-66 A.  Both of these are very strong
growers with good stalks.  57-66 A has the almost identical orchid color.
It could use some extra size, ruffles and lace.

Just musings of a pollen dauber. :-)





Francelle Edwards  Glendale, AZ  Zone 9

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