Re: FW: TB: Ruffles on stigmatic lip

Francelle -- If I understand what you're describing, you have three clumps of the seedling you like best, and in each clump the mother rhizome has made two to four increases, but each increase consists of a single bloom stalk. You also have a sibling that you fear is going to do the same thing.
Since you have more than one rhizome of your seedling, you might want to take one of those rhizomes, even before it blooms, and cut it into a few pieces about an inch thick and plant them a couple of inches deep in good ground. At this stage, there probably won't be any indicators of new growth on the rhizome, so there won't be anything to guide where to cut, but, hopefully, there may be enough vigor in the pieces to cause some of them to sprout. Make sure that the bed where you plant them gets sufficient water. That's about all I can recommend. -- Griff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Francelle" <fjmjedwards@qwest.net> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:22 AM
Subject: [iris] FW: TB: Ruffles on stigmatic lip



-----Original Message-----
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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