Re: hybridizing
- Subject: Re: hybridizing
- From: "* W* G* <d*@lightspeed.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 96 08:28:16 MST
> done within seconds after the flower opens - pollen, styles? are
> there maternal traits vs paternal? is it different in the rot zone
There is an ongoing discussion about maternal vs paternal traits in
the daylily robin. It seems there is a difference between pod parents
and pollen parents. Among other things plant vitality and hardiness
seem to be carried by the pod or maternal parent. I expect that iris
would be the same.
Dennis W. Greer
dwgreer@bak2.lightspeed.net
Bakersfield, California
At the south end of California's great central valley.
USDA Zone 8/9
