Those acronyms! (was: Tale of an iris newbie)
- Subject: Those acronyms! (was: Tale of an iris newbie)
- From: t*@Lanl.GOV (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 96 09:35:29 MST
The Iris Borer explains a plethora of acronyms, then hits OG and OGB:
|OG & OGB.... I think this has something to do with horseracing
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|I'm obviously out of my 'area of expertise'
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|Take it away.........
With pleasure. OG and OGB are acronyms used in the world of aril and
arilbred irises. Arils are rather exotic-looking irises from the Middle
East and central Asia. There are two important groups of aril species:
the oncocyclus (which are often big and globular in shape) and the
regelias (which are slender and smaller). Hybrids between these two
kinds are called regeliocyclus (RC) or oncogelia (OG), depending on
whether they're mostly regelia (RC) or mostly oncocyclus (OG).
Oncocyclus, regelia, regeliocyclus, and oncogelia are all types of arils.
One down, one to go...
When arils are bred with bearded irises, the result is arilbreds. If you
want to be specific about what kind of aril blood an arilbred has, you
can specify oncobred (OB, oncocyclus only), regeliabred (RB, regelia only),
or oncogeliabred (OGB, both oncocyclus and regelia). Note that there is
no regeliocyclobred, thankfully. OGB covers all irises with mixed
oncocyclus, regelia, and bearded ancenstry.
So oncobred, regeliabred, and oncogeliabred are all types of arilbreds.
These terms are cherished by the members of the Aril Society, who
further subdivide and classify arilbreds based on the amount of aril
(as opposed to bearded) ancestry they have.
For most of the rest of us, the simple "aril" and "arilbred" suffice.
These terms are often abbreviated AR and AB.
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