Re: Re: HYB: aphylla
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: aphylla
- From: M* L*
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:26:18 -0500
From: Mike Lowe <mlowe@worldiris.com>
Jeff writes...
>Yesterday you hinted that Harmony might be derived from I. aphylla; today
>you make the simple declarative statemen
>
> > Harmony is one half aphylla.
Of the three Dykes introductions, Thisbe, Harmony and Lustre --
looking at phenotypes as they grow in my garden, behavior...and last,
Check List data -- I would have supported the following:
Thisbe -- no C. L. parentage
aphylla 'look' (good & well spaced branching)
never reblooms
Harmony -- C. L. parentage aphylla x ?
conjecture by some: aphylla x pallida
short TB growth habit despite IB registration
no aphylla 'look' (POOR & high branching)
never reblooms
Lustre -- no C. L. parentage
aphylla growth habit
aphylla 'look'
reblooms here
BUT, after I sent the message expressing doubt on aphylla in Harmony
the sobering thought hit me: What if Harmony and Lustre were received
in my garden swapped!?...10 to 20 percent of all incoming historic
cultivars have ultimately proved to be not as advertised.
...so I backed off my strong doubt of Harmony and went with "Harmony
is one half aphylla" at least until I give them another hard look in
blooming season with the thought 'what if you were swapped?...'
>Then, you proceed to say:
>
> > The pedigree of Ethiop Queen was
> > not given in the registration and the question has always been, is
> > there more here? Either Black Forest STRONGLY expresses the Harmony
> > aphylla gene pool or there was more lurking behind the other parent.
> > Phil and Keith laid that speculation to rest with the pedigree of
> > Ethiop Queen which has no recorded trace of aphylla.
>
>But you don't say what is the pedigree of Ethiop Queen. I have an
>aphylla-free pedigree for it from McKee's "Fifty Years of Iris", which is
>not always the most reliable source, that goes as follows:
>
>ETHIOP QUEEN (Schreiner, 1938) (Grace Sturtevant x Indian Chief) X The
>Black Douglas
>
>Does this agree with Phil's and Keith's pedigree?
They are in consonance with McKee and Harrison (at least this once!).
We (pedigree runners) should really look at attempting to compile a
list of what is gold and what is dross in "Fifty Years of Iris."
Cheers,
Mike, mlowe@worldiris.com -- http://www.worldiris.com
South Central Virginia, USA; USDA Zone 7A
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