Re: HIST: SPEC: Iris 'Flavescens'

In a message dated 12/14/04 7:36:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
DFerguson@cabq.gov writes:

<< Thanks Anne,>>

Anner, pronounced Honor.

<< As for 'Flavescens', I might add that it is a diploid, likely a wild cross
 of I. pallida x I. variegata, (which would apparently, based on earlier
 discussions make it's specific epithet I. x sambucina cv. 'Flavescens').>>

As I see it, it does not have a specific epithet since it is not a true 
species. 

<< Easy to hybridize with other things too (at least easy to get seeds, 
haven't grown
 any of them yet). >>

You are doing better than W.R, Dykes then. He said he had not been able to 
get Iris 'Flavescens' to set seed even with artificial pollenizing, a fact he 
believed supported a presumption of hybrid origins.  

Anner Whitehead
Richmond VA USA

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