Re: HYB: need advice!
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- Subject: Re: HYB: need advice!
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 14:08:35 -0500 (EST)
From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Dennis Kramb wrote:
> I about fell over backwards when I noticed a bloom stalk emerging on a
> piece of my Iris wattii a few moments ago!!!! Originally I had hoped to
> cross this with some of my Iris cristata alba (white form) but that won't
> bloom for months.
>
> My options at this point are limited. I can try to self it, or I can save
> the pollen to use on the cristata later this spring.
Dennis, I'd say this is a good idea. Put your anthurs in a film canister
and dry it in the fridge for a short while and then close the canister
and leave in the fridge. Sharon McA are you there? >
> Or...if some beautiful soul out there has some pollen in storage from Iris
> cristata alba...maybe we can work out an arrangement? Andy Wheeler??? Are
> you there? :) (I bought my cristatas from you, so maybe you still grow
> it and have some pollen.)
>
> My wattii has increased so much that I'm encouraged by event and expect
> many more bloom stalks in the months to come.
Sounds like there's a good chance of that too. Best of Luck. Wonder if
wattii would grow in zone 4?
>
> Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
> Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
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Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
cold edge of Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
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