Re: Yellow "Plicata" Pattern
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Yellow "Plicata" Pattern
- From: m*@tricities.net (Mike Lowe)
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 21:41:17 -0500
Sharon McAllister asks..
>What do you call a pattern of plicata-like stitching when it's yellow-on-ivory?
>I mean distinct stitching, like that found in true anthocyanin-plicatas, not a
>halo or solid rim.
First, lets nail down that it really is a plicata, even tho plicatas were
all 'color over WHITE ground' until JUBILEE (J. Sass 23) and KING KARL (J.
Sass 25). These diploid yellow ground plicatas were VARIEGATA derivatives
but did not play a major part in iris breeding even though JUBILEE is in
the background of SIEGFRIED.
The path to yellow ground plics was opened when SIEGFRIED (H.P. Sass 36)
was introduced. It was a tetraploid, courtesy of AMAS and I. cypriana and
received its yellow ground pigment heritage from I. variegata (H. P. Sass
#40 and #100).
STITCHING is the true or original plicate and the host of halos and rims
are add-on adjuncts to the original definition, "white flowers edged with a
plicate or stitched and dotted pattern." There is not, TMK, a modern
equivalent to Mme. Chereau (Lemon 1844) in existance today.
Cheers,
Mike Lowe, mikelowe@tricities.net Virginia, USA
