Re: SPEC: Iris zaprjagajewii
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: Iris zaprjagajewii
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 07:50:10 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: "Paul Tyerman"
>
> Sounds more to me like someone sneezed and thats how they came up with
the
> name..... Ah! Ah! Ah! Zaprjagajewii!!!!
> Certainly is a doozy of a name. Would be interested to see it though,
given
> that description.
Does anyone know if there is any truth to the report that it was a cross
between Iris zaprjagajewii and Paeonia mlokosewitchii that produced Equus
przewalski? (-:
It is only appropriate that biology has honored the Polish and Russian
naturalists and explorers who made known to science and the rest of the
world the plant and animal wonders from the Caucasus, Central Asia, and
beyond.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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