Re: Unknown Arilbred

Scott Jordan writes (5 March 97):

> Jeff Walters wonders about the identity of the OGB(A) on the inside back
> cover of the AIS Anniversary Bulletin.  Howard Shockey of course
submitted
> it and its appearance is very typical of his best arilbreds.  Of course,
> Howard is no longer with us.  I spoke with Irene Shockey a few minutes
> ago.  She is "99.9% certain that it is Energizer", which was introduced
in
> 1996 by Irene.  It was registered in 1995, so its pedigree is listed in
> the 1995 R&I, for anyone who might be interested.  The January, 1996 AIS
> Bulletin has a picture of Energizer on the inside front cover.  If you
> compare the two images, you will see they are very similar in form,
> although different in hue.  Irene also compared these two photos, and
felt
> the color rendition is so variable in print, that it should be
discounted.

I had made the same comparison that you mention above with the same result,
i.e., the form seemed very similar, but the colors appeared different, so
it was difficult to tell if it was the same iris or not. Am glad to have
authoritative opinion that it is the same iris in both photos. 

Now, the question is, has this iris only been photographed when it is just
in the process of opening as suggested by Sharon McAllister in a posting on
this subject earlier today, or does it really have "candleflame" standards
of the form that I, at 
least, associate with regelia ancestry. The seedling, after all, was
identified as an Oncogeliabred.

Another thought - there has been considerable discussion on The List
recently about the culture of Siberian, Louisiana, Japanese, and Arilbred
Iris, as well as suggestions about suitable books for an Iris Library. In
the course of these discussions, excellent, recently published works
dealing with the first three classes of iris have been identified, but,
unless I have missed something, no comparable work treating Aril/Arilbred
Iris has been mentioned. Is there such a book available, and if not does
anyone know of any plans to produce one?

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