Re: HYB:Questions?
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: HYB:Questions?
  • From: &* t* <t*@cs.com>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 08:41:46 +0100
Here is a link to the picture i took last year of Loic the Busy Bee, that
comes every year in the garden:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loic_tasquier/4324050755/


He is not very pretty, but we got used to it, he is SO efficient : 1,100 pods
have reached maturity in 2009!
He even came back when the iris rebloomed, and created an incredible bonus of
100 pods !

I have offered him the use of the deep freezer, he was over the moon, he could
choose from three hundred different flavours of pollen!
One has to be nice to such good working staff!
I want him to come back this spring!






i think Linda is right, must be like the seeds that come from Signa, the
origin of the seed must be mentioned if it is not by the breeder.

But i would be so lucky if any of these seeds would bloom into a stunner!
Fingers crossed, it is the big genetic lottery...

If it already leads to a good usable seedling, I'll be over the moon!

Loic
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mike Greenfield
  To: iris@hort.net
  Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 2:40 AM
  Subject: Re: [iris] HYB:Questions?


    I have seen where Loic has passed out many seeds. If someone were to
  introduce any iris from these seeds whom would be listed as  the hybredizer?
  Loic made the cross. They have to do all the hard work growing and selecting
  the plant. Plus the expense of registering it and introducing it.

  Would  this be much different from planting seeds from a bee pod, Loic being
  the Bee. I would love to see him in a big bee costume: Agree?

  Something to ponder in the cold weather.

  Mike G
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: <autmirislvr@aol.com>
  To: <iris@hort.net>
  Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 3:00 PM
  Subject: [iris] HYB:Questions?


  > Hi All,
  >
  > Snow and ice still glisten across the fields, but tomorrow is Groundhog
  > Day!
  > Can spring be far behind?  Only 2 1/2 months until the little ones start
  > blooming in my garden!
  >
  > It's great fun to see your own seedlings bloom, addictive even!  Even if
  > they
  > look exactly like something you've seen before, they are genetically
  > different!  A seedling is uniquely your own.  Why not create an 'Edith
  > Wolford' (whatever) that blooms and grows well in your garden?  Or an
  > 'Edith
  > Wolford' that reblooms during early September in KY?  I'd buy that one
for
  > sure!
  >
  > Irises are some of the easiest plants to pollinate/cross.  Why not joint
  > the
  > fun?
  >
  > This is a good time for new hybridizers to ask questions, any question.
  > Someone on here should be able to give an answer, or maybe several
  > answers.
  > We can never have enough hybridizers.  Think of the many iris mysteries
  > yet to
  > be solved!
  >
  > Now is the time to prepare for spring!
  >
  > Betty Wilkerson . . .
  > Bridge In Time Iris
  > Zone 6/KY
  >
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