Re: HYB: Fertility
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Fertility
- From: d*@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:31:14 -0600 (MDT)
>OPALS FOR ETHEL was registered as an OB-. One parent was a TB, the other
>was an arilbred. Therefore, we should expect limited fertility.
>
>SATAN'S MISTRESS was registered as a TB, although its pedigree computes to
>RB-, because the hybridizer didn't think it had enough aril characteristics.
>One parent was an arilbred and one was a TB so it, too, should have limited
>fertility.
>
>Crossing the two MIGHT produce a few seedlings, but would more likely give
>nothing.
So do you suggest/recommend that such crosses not be made? Or is it just a
warning for someone not to get their hopes up if they attempt it? Would
the seedlings inevitably be non-fertile (or barely fertile), or could it
result
in a fully fertile cultivar?
An arilmed x arilmed cross produces nothing but arilmeds? Or could you get
some offspring nearly 100% aril and some nearly 100% TB?
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Hybridizing Arilbreds, Raising Native Ohio Species Irises
