HYB: Black Forest & aphylla


From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>

& one more post from Vickie Craig:
> On page 70 of The World of Iris in the last paragraph is the explanation
>                               of the background of BLACK FOREST. 
> 
>             To paraphrase: ETHIOP QUEEN crossed to DYMIA  resulted in BLACK FOREST,
>              a short seedling with the deepest black then known. HARMONY the parent
>                          of DYMIA is thought to be out of I. aphylla. 
> 
>               Many years ago Bob told us that BLACK FOREST  was out of I. aphylla
>                                            breeding. 

So Mike, is there some question about this?

Looks like I got mixed up on ETHIOP QUEEN - I had it in mind that it was
also from aphylla.

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8


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