Re: Iris setosa (response)
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- Subject: Re: Iris setosa (response)
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 05:02:26 -0700 (MST)
On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Daryl &Kathy Haggstrom wrote:
> Ian E. & Shirley Efford wrote:
> > Breeding this species in the garden will generate considerable
variety but it cannot >compare with the variety that one has in
nature. For this reason alone, I would begin by >scouring the
countryside for natural variants.
<snip>
> know they use different measures botanically(?). I mentioned to
Diana
> Louis via e-mail that I wondered about her comment that she suspected I.
> hookeri came before I. setosa. I told her I always assumed I setosa
I will answer this one first because I said that I thought I
hookeri was the setosa parent of the original I versicolor hybrid,
I hookeri X I virginica var schrevei. I didn't say that I setosa
came from I hookeri, in fact, I think it's the otherway round ie I
hookeri is derived from I setosa. If you take a look at the
geographical ranges of I versicolor and I hookeri in the NANI
webpage (address cited below) you will see why I think I hookeri is
the setosa parent in the I vers hybrid.
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
