Re: SPEC: I. variegata
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- Subject: Re: SPEC: I. variegata
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 08:01:15 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
Christopher Maslon asks:
>
> Its christopher again, could you please teach me
> something? clones? what clones done in a test tube? in a labratory?
Clones are the result of asexual reproduction of a "parent" individual.
Since individual irises are multiplied by separating the increases from the
"mother" rhizome, this represents a low-tech method of cloning. Thus all
the BEVERLY SILLS irises growing in gardens around the world, for example,
are clones from the original plant bred by Ben Hager over 20 years ago. No
test tubes, labs or men in white coats required! (-:
> 2nd-- varigated plants have less or more chromozones then regular green
leafs?
> the new kid on the iris talk
I. variegata is a naturally occurring diploid bearded iris species native
to Central Europe (Hungary and surrounding countries). It was named for the
appearance of the flower (yellow standards, "red" falls) and not for the
leaves, which are solid blue-green. Variegated leaves can occur in some
clones of almoet any iris species or type (though I am unaware of any I.
variegata clones with leaf variegation. The most widely grown variegated
leaf forms belong to the diploid species I. pallida, one of which is
formally known as PALLIDA VARIEGATA. Then there are the modern tetraploid
irises with variegated or broken color flowers. It is not surprising that
it can all get quite confusing at times.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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