SPEC: I. germanica
- Subject: SPEC: I. germanica
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 13:53:57 -0500
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From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
Anner Whitehead wrote:
> This is a perfectly normal assumption and one that I made myself in the
early
> days of my iris studies, but it is not quite right. The European species
Iris
> germanica, an IB, rarely sets seed and it is not a progenitor of modern
> bearded iris hybrids.
I encountered the same folklore many years ago, and also learned that it
was false when I started studying the tetraploid conversion seriously. I
did, however, find GERMANICA and I. germanica among the progenitors of our
modern hybrids. Relatively insignificant, but there.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
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