CULT:Color changing-beepods, natural selection, chemical damage
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- Subject: CULT:Color changing-beepods, natural selection, chemical damage
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- Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 09:11:48 EST
From: storylade@aol.com
In a message dated 3/19/00 11:47:04 PM Central Standard Time, RYFigge@aol.com
writes:
<< a beepod can pop
its seeds which can grow up next to the parent rhizome and of course it
could
be any of many different colors, depending on the cross the bee made! >>
If the new irises are stronger than the parent/parents, they will take over
the bed. It/they often have larger rhizomes resulting in natural/human
selection. Blue and white irises have white irises in their background and
would 'throw' many white seedlings. (This takes a considerable length of
time from bloom/bee cross to maturity on a level needed to take over an
entire iris planting.)
To determine a sport, unlikely change of color, you would need the original
and the sport to compare all other attributes. The only change in appearance
is color. I understand they are rare.
Chemical damage, as a rule, changes more than the color. It usually creates
twisting, form change, stunted stalks, etc. . . . depending on the time, in
the iris bloom cycle, when the damage was done.
Moving only the largest rhizomes or allowing the strongest iris to take over
the bed, are the most frequent causes of this problem. Not all irises
produce 'large' rhizomes.
.02 from Betty in Bowling Green, KY (USA) another beautiful day.
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