Re: TB: Variegatas
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: Variegatas
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 07:55:32 -0700
> On 17 Jan 01, at 7:46, storylade@aol.com wrote:
> > This is pretty much what I thought, without Edith.My question goes
> > unanswered . . . does this apply to plicatas, zonals or whatever may
turn
> > up? For instance, would IRONY (Maryott 00) be a variegata? or
JOSEPH'S
> > COAT? Innerst's AGGRESSIVELY FORWARD (95)?
and Walter Moores replied:
> > I think you have to have the brown or red in the falls or deep purple
as in
> PRETENDER or JURASSIC PARK. I have seen pictures only of IRONY. I
> would not put zonals or plics in the class, nor would I put MICHIGAN
> PRIDE.
Betty and Walter,
EDITH WOLFORD, JURASSIC PARK, and other of that ilk represent a different
expression of pigments in the falls than occurs in the "traditional"
Variegatas, which derive their red-broen-purple tones from the simultaneous
expression of both yellow (anthocyanin or flavonoid(?) piigmetns and
anthocyanin. The purer blue-violet tones of EDITH WOLFORD et al implies
that the yellow pigments are absent or much reduced in the falls of these
cultivars. They are definitely derived from different breeding lines.
I would classify MICHIGAN PRIDE as a Variegata, even though it has
prominent haft marks.
Though I would say that Plicatas are not Variegatas, I consider the term
variegata-plicata as useful as amoena-plicata, bicolor plicata or
neglecta-plicata to distinguish some of the patterns that began to emerge
from various breeding programs in the 1970's.
According to these guidelines, if that is what they are, JOSEPH'S COAT
(Katkamier) would be a broken color mutant of a Variegata (HONORABILE) and
AGGRESSIVELY FORWARD would be a variegata-plicata.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
