Re: HYB: Big Seedling
From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
9 buds, 3 branches, spur and terminal. All that have bloomed so far are
huge. I kind of like the color combo and pattern on it so I will work with
it.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
To: <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] HYB: Big Seedling
> From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
>
> Message text written by Mike:
> >
> Speaking of large things. I brought in a flower of ((WINTERSCAPE X SKY
> HOOKS X sib) X IN REVERSE.) It is a pale blue reverse ameona with a pale
> blue band on the falls. Very nice coloring and pattern, however the falls
> were 5 inches across and it measured a full 12 inches from tip of to tip
of
> fall. The form wasn't floppy because it had good substance. Any interest
> in very large iris out there? I mean really, really large. Only 35"
tall.
> Mike<
>
> Is this characteristic of the seedling, or a first-time performance? How
> was the branching and bud count?
>
> I've often had seedlings with 1 to 3 HUGE flowers on maiden bloom, which
go
> on to stabilize with normal size, branching and bud count.
>
> Sharon McAllister
> 73372.1745@compuserve.com
>
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