Re: CULT: HYB: germanica as parent
- To: iris-talk
- Subject: Re: CULT: HYB: germanica as parent
- From: l* M*
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:41:29 -0500
From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>
Anner wrote (summarizing from the archives):
> It did not, in my opinion, clearly indicate that a rich untapped
> hybridizing potential lay in 'I. germanica' in the form which most typically
> carries that name.
Germanica often blooms too early to escape freezes here, but has such
wonderfully robust vegetation and I am so enchanted by the flowers, that
I too was tempted to experiment with crosses and got a few seeds from
RASPBERRY JAM x "germanica" this spring. I don't expect beaootiful
flowers from this cross, but am very curious as to heredity of toughness
and how it links with other vegetative characteristics. With only a few
seeds, I don't expect to learn much <G> but wonder if I will get half or
3/4 dwarves <g>, half or 3/4 IBs or is a diploid looking TBish critter
possible? Surely rediscovering a wheel that was well used more than 100
yrs ago, but my curiousity compels me to play.
I would dearly love a later blooming "germanica" with all other
characteristics the same.
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
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