Re: HYB: Iris Sex
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: Iris Sex
- From: D* K*
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 15:24:14 -0500
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>From: "Patrick Orr" <PatrickJOrr@hotmail.com>
>
>I understand that irises are "perfect flowers" in the terms they have both
>male and female parts, but while looking through a lot of information
>lately, I have been coming across some descriptions that say a particular
>hybrid is "fertile both ways". That got me wondering...which cv's are
>mostly male or mostly female, in the terms they are fertile only ONE way,
>as pollen parents or as pod parents?
>
>The next question would be, Is this something we want to really breed?
>Shouldn't we want to hybridize flowers that are fertile both ways?
>
>Patrick Orr
>Zone 9
>Phoenix, AZ USA
Just to add to your confusion, I'd like to mention that fertility is often
dependent on climate & weather. I know that several cv's that are
considered "limitedly fertile" performed just fine for me last year (as pod
& pollen parents)....probably because we have cool/moist conditions which
are more conducive to hybridizing.
Sharon McAllister has mentioned the difficulty of getting seeds from
certain TBs as a pod parent. Yet here in Cincinnati those same TBs would
probably set seed easily. You living in Phoenix might have a more
difficult time with them. Your arid climate is likely to narrow the
"window of fertility". But then again, you can always spit. :)
Clear as mud? <G>
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html
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