Re: arilbred culture / "autosyndetica" (again)

Hi Tom!
     You write (5 Mar 97):

> 
> Problem is, regelia flowers don't look anything like onco flowers, and
it's
> the "onco look" that continues to be the holy grail of arilbred breeders.
> The obvious plan is to use both oncos and regelias in breeding, to get
the
> look of the former and the gardenability of the latter. Most modern
> arilbreds probably have a bit of regelia in their ancestry. Howard
Shockey
> said he would never deliberately incorporate regelias in his breeding,
> because it takes so many generations to breed the regelia look (which he
> considered undesirable) out of the flowers.
> 
There is a picture on the inside of the back cover of the AIS 75th
Anniversary Special Bulletin issue that is labeled only as "Oncogeliabred
1/2 Aril (A)" that I have assumed, perhaps incorrectly, to be a product of
Howard Shockey's breeding lines. It is what I consider a very intriguing
combination of  regelia-influenced standards with onco-influenced falls.

Does anyone know any more about this seedling and its origin and whether it
has been/will be introduced?

Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
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