Re: Making Crosses
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Making Crosses
- From: L* P* <p*@peak.org>
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 07:07:31 -0800
At 07:06 AM 3/17/96 MST, you wrote:
>sharon - thank you so much for all the detailed help in pollinating,
>including the tackle box kit. i don't know if the other list server readers
>were interested, but you really filled in a lot of gaps in my understanding
>and techniques. a great mini-lecture!
>
>now if i can just figure out what a condiment cup is......
>
>linda mann e tenn usa
I was wondering the same thing myself and do find all this bee-on-a-stick
work very fascinating. I seem to remember reading in the AIS bulletin that
the key to adaptability for these "exotic" species lies in more people being
willing to work with them in a greater variety of climates and soils. The
"flops" are just as interesting as the successes in this regard.
When something "pods" does that mean it sets seed naturally? (One of many
gaps in my knowlege-I had never heard this term)
Have iris breeders worked with embryo culture the way lily breeders have?
Some lilies can "take" crosses which are not "normal" but the seed-to-be, ie
embryo aborts in nature and breeders have been able to "rescue" these and
produce spectacular interspecific crosses via "test tube" culture. Is this
being done in irisdom?
Louise H. Parsons <parsont@peak.org>
1915 SE Stone St.
Corvallis, OR 97333 USA
USDA zone 7 (at least!) Emerald NARGS, transplanted Oregrowian
