Re: HYB: history - educating hybridizers?
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: history - educating hybridizers?
- From: a*@cs.com
- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 15:02:22 EDT
In a message dated 8/11/2002 11:09:30 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
PatrickJOrr@hotmail.com writes:
> One thing I am attempting to do is to show a photo of an iris, and then show
> photos of it's two parents in order to get an idea of how the offspring
> gets the coloring and patterns it expresses. It is not an easy task to do,
> since I am unable to get parents that are seedlings of mixed linages. I am
> searching for pictures of modern irises and looking up their liniages to
> see if they only have two parents that are introduced varieties and not
> seedlings. For instance, Eagle's Landing has two introduced varieties as
> parents: Mesmerizer X Silverado. Those two pictures are easy to find.
Even better -- and, of course, even more challenging -- is to show siblings
as well as both parents.
F'rinstance:
http://www.smcallister.com/photo-gallery/crosses/boaz-jr.html
Sharon McAllister
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