Re: HYB: Tetraploid Calsibes
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Tetraploid Calsibes
- From: D* S* <s*@molalla.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 03:23:06 -0600 (MDT)
Donald Mosser wrote:
>
> I just finished reading an article in the July 1985 AIS Bulletin (Number
> 258) concerning the conversion of Calsibes (Califonicae x Sibericae - 40
> chromosome) to tetraploidy by Tomas Tamberg of Germany. Mr. Tamberg
> indicates in his article that he has produced fertile tetraploid Calsibes
> which have been successfully crossed back with tetraploid siberians to
> produce 3/4 Chrysographes + 1/4 Californicae hybrids at this tetraploid
> level. Does anyone have an update on what this line of hybridizing has
> produced and how fertile the results have been? Do we now have a whole new
> group of irises which to appreciate?
>
> This topic came up in May of 1996 on the iris-L and Dave Silverberg
> mentioned that Laurie Reid of Springfield, Oregon was producing some
> fantastic things with these fertile Calsibes. (Is she related to Lorena
> Reid?) Other than this, I didn't find much in the iris-L archives.
>
> This is what reading old AIS bulletins leads to - lots of questions!:)
>
> -Donald (-trying to help the list improve its On Topic ratio for this month :)
>
> Donald Mosser
> Member of AIS, HIPS, SIGNA, SSI, SLI, SPCNI, and IRIS-L
> dmosser@southconn.com
> http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/5570
>
> North Augusta, South Carolina, USA
> On the South Carolina and Georgia Border
> USDA Zone 7b-8
Laurie and Lorena are one and the same person, and her dotted line is to
die for, IMHO.
Nancy Silverberg, Molalla, OR where it is lovely and cool now, and time
to go to bed.
