HYB: aphylla ancestry
- Subject: HYB: aphylla ancestry
- From: M* L*
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 16:16:59 -0500
From: Mike Lowe <mlowe@worldiris.com>
I need to query the hybridizers on the list: please mention some TBs
that have aphylla in their background.
I don't want to mouse trap anyone -- I think that those who have
browsed the HIPS website know that I run a tree database and that it
is fairly extensive. Also, to cover those cultivars that have far
less than 1 percent aphylla background, lets stipulate that Blue Boy
(Michael Foster 1913) has come forward through Narain (Shuber 1936)
and Paul Cook BB124. Keep in mind that 2 to the 18th power is over a
quarter of a million. Certainly TBs with nearly twenty generations in
their background don't have every branch going back that far, also as
we go back commonality increases.
With those givens, I have often been guilty of looking at an iris and
remarking: "Wow, that really has aphylla branching!" I also have very
strong but unprovable speculations concerning some 'way back'
ancestors that do not have documented pedigrees.
Still and all, I would love to know the TBs with strong aphylla
ancestry. (exclude MTBs and SPEC-X crosses)
Cheers,
Mike, mlowe@worldiris.com -- http://www.worldiris.com
South Central Virginia, USA; USDA Zone 7A
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