Re: Fertility of First Bloom
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- Subject: Re: Fertility of First Bloom
- From: "* M* <i*@email.msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 17:38:47 -0700 (MST)
Bruce asked:
*
>Hi there:
>
>Hoping some of our hybridizing experts on the iris-l have some input
>on this:
>
>In two different early iris sources (British, circa 1920), there was
>mention that the first flower to bloom on each plant will be
>infertile. I have never read this in anything more recent. Can you
>tell me if this is an old wives' tale.....?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bruce
It's an old wives' tale, Bruce. I can't tell you how many times I've made a
cross on the terminal flower, it being the first to bloom usually, and then
when the seed pod begins to form realizing that the remaining flowers are
forming a perfect show stalk, and the show is in three days...So then I'm
stuck with, well, how important is this cross? Show? Cross? Show? Usually
I decide to keep the cross.
Barb in Santa Fe
IrisMaven@msn.com
