Re: subtleties of plicatas



On Sun, 2 Mar 1997 LMann76543@aol.com wrote:

> 
> 
> It seems to me that there are lots and lots of purple plicatas on the market,
> especially from eastern hybridizers.>>In the West too, i. e., Keppel and
and the late Jim Gibson, which continue to show up.  Ghio is getting into
the act also

	Linda, are you talking about purple/violet, blue on a clean white
ground??

	There are so many plic possibilities and Innerst has just
scratched the surface with the new combos of brown/yellow stds with
blue/violet/purple falls.  Ghio's EPICENTER is another example of where we
are headed.


	I think the same thing can be said for nearly all color
classifications.  There is a plethora of white banded gold/yellow
types--JOYCE TERRY  being the standard.  And, blues and yellows, etc.

	
	But, back to the STEPPING OUT, JESSIE's SONG types.  In
introducing one of this type,  the hybridizer should have included
something the others do not have, maybe not so obvious.  Does it rebloom,
have three buds per socket, heavier substance, etc?

  Would someone who
> is a connoisseur of such irises please talk a bit about why there are so many
> of them?  Are hybridizers searching for some kind of perfection that isn't
> currently available in this color pattern?  Is an improvement in
> gardenability the motivation for continuing to hybridize for these or is
> there some color break or other quality out there?>>Definitely!  
> 
> different genetic makeup, so are these plicatas adventures along the way to
> something else (e.g., pink ground plicatas in the east)?
> 
	Sterling Innerst produced STERLING MISTRESS  several years ago.> 
> 

Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east Tennessee USA
> 
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	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS  7/8
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