RE: RE: Red-toned rebloomers (was RE: First 08 rebloomers)

Hi Ann

I'd be inclined to cross a rose or rosy purple with a yellow. Many reds
appear that way because of the layering of the rose on the yellow. Here's a
challenge, Rosalie Figge x Golden Immortal would be interesting, if you
could get the pod to set.


Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills 
South Australia

www.impressiveirises.com.au



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Ann Head
Sent: Thursday, 5 June 2008 12:53 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] RE: Red-toned rebloomers (was RE: First 08 rebloomers)

Mike Sutton wrote:
><snip>
>Has been about 7 weeks since peak TB bloom, Autumn Rain and Lest We 
>Forget have bloomed every month this year except January.
>Mike Sutton

I was admiring them, along with the other new intros on your website 
just last night, Mike.

Looking at Lest We Forget prompts me to ask the list a question which 
has been on my mind lately:
I really want to work on red-toned rebloomers, but there have not 
been many available (especially in Australia) to use as a starting 
point.  So, if I want to outcross reds to other colours, what other 
colours are likely to give me the greatest percentage of red-toned 
seedlings?  Purple?  Yellow?  Blends where both anthocyanins and 
carotenoids are expressed in the flower to some degree?  If I want to 
use red plicatas, are those with yellow ground likely to give me 
more/less red-toned seedlings than those with white ground?

I wish I understood iris colour genetics well enough that I didn't 
need to bother the list with such questions, but it seems like the 
more I try to read up on the subject, the less I feel I actually know.

Ann

South Australia
j*@labdude.com

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