Re: HIST: KALIFA ABRA & LATE AMETHYST
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HIST: KALIFA ABRA & LATE AMETHYST
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- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 10:48:29 -0400
From: Bill Shear <BILLS@hsc.edu>
>As for LATE AMETHYST.... The one obtainable through this year's ASI
>Plant Sale may well be the real thing -- but an oncogelia hybrid has been
>in distribution for some years under this label. If you want to see what
>the real LATE AMETHYST looks like, go to the Regelia Species page on my web
>site.
>
>The imposter has a larger, wider flower, and a V-shaped signal instead of
>the characteristic amethyst blush on the falls of the real LATE AMETHYST.
Another mystery solved--fifteen years ago I bought 'Late Amythest' from the
ASI, and it looked like the imposter Sharon describes. However, I am
unsure that it was an oncogelia; it seemed to have some AB characteristics.
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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