Re: Re: SPEC: X Pardancanda


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Kramb" <dkramb@badbear.com>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: SPEC: X Pardancanda


> >  >   All my white Pardanthopsises suddenly
> >>  turned purple!)
> >
> >Sound rather lovely actually. <grin>  Let me know if you get seed.  I
have
> >recently planted seed of a yellow form.  I used to have an orange and a
> >purple and a yellow one (all spotted) but the dark purple is all that
>
> I have been taking pollen from Belamcanda and applying it to
> Pardanthopsis but I'm not getting any seed pods.  Is their some
> special trick to getting this cross to take?  Or am I doing it
> backwards?
>
> I'm afraid to take pollen from P. and apply it to B. because the bees
> already pollinate 100% of the B. flowers anyway.

> Dennis Kramb


I don't grow " Pardanthopsises " so I don't know anything about them. The
way " Belamcanda " twists its flowers up while wilting I think it could be
self pollinating.
 I cannot remember when I saw a bee the last time. I have not seen any
insects near the blooms of Belamcanda. I have seen lots around other
flowers. I have at least 98 % of the Belamcanda  flowers that made pods.
Sorry but I have no idea how to make that cross. I would think species cross
would be hard to get to take, no matter how close.

Wish you luck

Mike Greenfield
redear@infinet.com
Went out to eat last night and while ordering and eating we had  4 1/2 " of
rain. 20 miles north of the ATP tennis tournament


 

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