Re: iris DIGEST V1 #14

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> iris DIGEST           Monday, June 21 2004           Volume 01 : Number
014
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> In this issue:
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>         [iris] HYB: I(s) & umbrata dreams ...
>         [iris] Re: CULT: borers (from the species forum)
>         [iris] SDB:  Chuck Chapman Introductions
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> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:24:57 -0400
> From: Linda Mann <lmann@volfirst.net>
> Subject: [iris] HYB: I(s) & umbrata dreams ...
>
> Sounds like one way to get umbratas with fall bands the color of
> standards but without all the unattractive mess at the hafts would be to
> layer a strongly colored umbrata over a light colored I(s) neglecta.
> Maybe the white areas on the hafts of umbratas would be more subdued,
> taking the color of the underlying I(s)?
>
> Do any of the I(s) amoenas or neglectas have light colored rims on the
> falls?  Seems like quite a few tend to fade out a bit, but I can't think
> of any where the edges are actually white or standard colored..
>
> A few years ago, Chuck Chapman, I think, suggested crossing umbrata with
> plicata to get 'interesting' children.  The only cross available at the
> time that took was WILD THING X INTO THE NIGHT, no seedlings big enough
> to bloom so far.
>
> Anybody have baby pictures of this type of cross they want to post?
>
> - --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> East Tennessee Iris Society <http://www.korrnet.org/etis>
> American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
> talk archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/>
> photos archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/>
> online R&I <http://www.irisregister.com>
>
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> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:38:10 -0400
> From: Linda Mann <lmann@volfirst.net>
> Subject: [iris] Re: CULT: borers (from the species forum)
>
> Thanks for this tidbit, Chuck.  I was suspecting this, but didn't
> remember seeing anything like this previously in posts about iris
> borers.  The only seriously affected clumps here (my first experience
> with iris-borers) were next to (almost underneath) an encroaching
> thicket of blackberries, honeysuckle, big bluestem, and woven wire fence
> mess.  Of three clumps of DUSKY CHALLENGER, only one was infected, but
> it really was hit pretty hard.  A seedling nearby also had several
> borers.
>
> Anybody know of a good website for identifying different types of
> borers?  Now that I'm hunting for iris-borers, I'm seeing more stalk
> borers.  Just curious to learn more about what they are and their
> ecology.
>
> The most abundant type has a chocolate brown 'saddle' in the middle,
> with very dark (black looking) stripes on white or cream ground color on
> both sides of the saddle.   The big ones are longer than iris borer
> larvae but skinnier and much more wiggley.
>
> Today, I found two huge different ones in the ridgetop "garden" that
> were proportioned more like iris-borer larvae, but also more wiggley,
> with broken brown stripes on a cream ground with a tan head.
>
> Both of these were very active, rapidly trying to escape up or down the
> hollowed out stalk as I broke off bits of it trying to corner them.
> I've not seen either of these in iris foliage, but have seen one
> iris-borer in the base of a fat stalk.
>
> <I have seen some plants that are infected where you see some damage but
> borer has disapeared, others where they are very small and don't get
> much nourishment. The biggest factor of all is location in garden. The
> moths seem to like protection and plants closest to hedges always have
> more boarer grubs.>
>
>                    Chuck Chapman
>
>                    >There have been speculations about some iris
> varieties immune or
>                    >resistant to borer attack.... Neil Mogensen>
> - --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> East Tennessee Iris Society <http://www.korrnet.org/etis>
> American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
> talk archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/>
> photos archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/>
> online R&I <http://www.irisregister.com>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:15:58 -0400
> From: Sandy Ives <rives@rogers.com>
> Subject: [iris] SDB:  Chuck Chapman Introductions
>
> (Cross post with iris-photos)
>
> A list of Chuck Chapman's 2004 introductions may be found at ...
>
> http://members.rogers.com/rog_ives/Chapman04.htm
>
> Chuck has allowed me to create a simple webpage to allow people to see
> his new offerings, along with their descriptions due to the unusual
> problems he has had this year getting his catalogue out.  The printer
> put his job aside while they were printing ballots for the Canadian
> federal election being held on June 28th.  The borer didn't help either.
>
> You cannot place orders from this site and you cannot access it other
> than through the direct link shown above.  You can use the links to
> access the CIS home page and the CIS Silent Auction (only members may
> bids).   I make no representations regarding quality, price, or
> expertise re webpage development.  Jeeze, I feel like Caesar's Wife
> here, when I should be going on about 'Caesar's Brother'.  :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Sandy Ives in Ottawa
>
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