Re: REF: Missing hybridizers [continued]
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- Subject: Re: REF: Missing hybridizers [continued]
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 19:12:02 -0700 (MST)
>Mark Cook writes:
>
>> > << ARABI PASHA (Barr, 1906) This is of the Xiphium Section
>
>>>
>> > Actually there is another one, which won the British Dykes' in 1953.
>> > ARABI PASHA (Anley,1951) TB 30" M B1M --cornflower blue self, beard
>same.
>> Anner,
>
>> You are correct. Now, I wonder how they happened to get TWO Irises
>> registered under the same name?
>
>The bulbous Arabi Pasha is listed only as a synonym for a Spanish Iris
>whose correct name is BRONZE KING, so there are not actually two different
>irises "registered" as ARABI PASHA. Subsequent to the '39 Checklist it was
>decided that the AIS was not responsible for officially registering bulbous
>iris cultivars, so it is possible that a rhizomatous iris and a bulbous
>iris could both have valid claim to the same name.
>
>Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
>cwalters@digitalpla.net
Jeff and Anner I grew ARABY PASHA , the violet-blue from England, and it
was a good iris for its time. Lloyd Z in Durham NC
