Re: HYB: and...Dead Hybridizers?
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- Subject: Re: HYB: and...Dead Hybridizers?
- From: m*@tricities.net (Mike Lowe)
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 15:09:35 -0600 (MDT)
Rusty asks...
>2) What did he mean when he said "lines..." I thought hybridizers could
>cross ANY two flowers from ANY hybridizers. Am I missing something?
Many hybridizers will maintain seedlings that they have no intention of
introducing. These seedlings will, in a significant percentage of crosses,
pass a desired characteristic to their offspring. If you look at Hagers,
Keppels, Ghios, Schreiners and many other hybridizer's registrations you
will see certain seedling numbers appear over and over in specific color
lines.
An example -- In Keith Keppel's luminata line you will see the following
seedling:
Keppel 84-15 series:((((68-39F:(66-35C:((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full
Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-39D) x ((Joy Ride x
Roundup) x (April Melody x 68-40B: (66-35B x April Melody)))) x (Mistress x
75-B, Peccadillo sib)) x ((77-111Q, Gigolo sib x Rosy Cloud sib))
This appears twice in the pedigree for Spirit World (Keppel 94) ie.,
(84-15A X 84-15B, sib)
An excellent article on how to make sense of complicated lineages appears
in the BAIS no. 289, April 1993, p. 34, 'Irises in Trees' by Keith Keppel.
Keith used Goddess (Keppel 81) as a teaching vehicle -- it is somewhat
simpler than the above example.
Cheers,
Mike Lowe mikelowe@tricities.net http://www.tricities.net/~mikelowe/
http://www.worldiris.com
