Re: [iris-talk]HYB:REB:Hybridizing for Semi-Dummies

On the topic of predicting inheritance, Loic Tasquier
wrote:
COMMON SENSE is the best way to deal with these
things, and if it sounds stupid i don't care. I'm not
going to spoil my pleasure with too much
pseudo-scientific research nor jargon. At the end of
the day, we all end up on our knees anyway, weeding,
plucking, daubing, with our sore middle back and our
heads full of dreams... 

and Robin Shadlow wrote: 
It has been very interesting to see the results that
Thomas Silvers is getting with the diploids. [and
rebloom]

Amen to that Loic! And thanks for reminding me Robin.
That's a perfect example of how you never know what
you're going to get. I had planned it all out very
carefully to best of my "genetics knowledge", which
isn't too shabby, if I do say so myself. Anyway, I've
gotten everything but what I've expected. CLOWN PANTS,
from Iris variegata X mellita, I expected not to
rebloom, since neither species reblooms for me. I had
hoped that second generation offspring might have that
potential though. CLOWN PANTS does repeat its bloom
about half of the years here, but it is in a different
way than typical rebloom. It sends up a few stalks,
just a few weeks after the main flush is through.
Crossing Iris cengialtii (which doesn't rebloom for
me) with CLOWN PANTS has given me a totally different
kind of rebloom. None of these seedlings sends up
additional stalks right after the main flush; but
several have just this year done a typical-style fall
rebloom. Once again, totally NOT what I expected. On
another note, KEIRITH (which reblooms somewhere)
crossed with CLOWN PANTS has given not one single
rebloomer of any sort. Go figure!! 

So, I wouldn't recommend worrying too much about being
able to predict what you'll get. Just keep having fun!
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