Iris wattii
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- Subject: Iris wattii
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:08:45 -0400
From: Bill Shear <BILLS@hsc.edu>
Ditto on I. wattii here in VA. About 5 bloomstalks showing now. Also, by
the way, 11 stalks on a first year plant of Neomarica gracilis!
Dennis, why not save the wattii pollen and use it on cristata later? This
cross is a VERY long shot anyhow. Your wattii pollen will probably be able
to cover scores of cristata flowers, but not vice-versa. And you will need
to try this cross a lot of times to get a take. Even so if you don't take
precautions to prevent selfed pods.....well, you know.
PS--not sure my plants are wattii--they might be a pale japonica. However,
the foliage has an entirely different look from the japonica I grow
outside: definitely with a waxy bluish haze, while the japonica foliage is
glossy green.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
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