RE: Hyb-sweerti


I don't find an anomolous chromosome count of 38 nearly as improbable as I do
the leap from the "SWERTI" to "Sweetseri."  The philological or phonological
connection evades me.  L. F. Randolph and J. Mitra seem more cautious scholars
than what would account for so radical a departure from the Check List usage,
yet I don't find anything else that resembles "Sweetseri" any closer.

Dave Ferguson's comments about the type of SWERTI compared to that of I.
aphylla does not suggest hybrid origin from that species.  The aphylla hybrids
of Jim and Vicki Craig retain a significant degree of the species'
characteristics even in second generation backcrosses to Tall Beardeds.  It
seems odd that one, especially of 3/4 origin, would be so strongly pallida in
character.

Incidentally, Juri Pirogov reported a finding a swarm of aphylla in bloom in
the Ukraine among which he found clones described as "plicatas."  Although the
patterning differed, I believe, from any recognized allelic form of plicata
with which we have been familiar, they certainly were a departure from the
familiar white or purple selfs.  Photos of them were posted to Iris-photos a
couple years back.

Neil Mogensen  z  7 western NC mountains

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