Re: SPEC: Passions for Species?

From: "Walter Moores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>



> From: HIPSource@aol.com
> 
> In a message dated 3/15/99 9:07:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> wmoores@watervalley.net writes:
> 
> <<  a new passion I have...species. >>
> 
> Oh, really, Walta!  So which ones are you excited about these days? And what
> about them has gotten you into this delightful condition? You going to do
> crosses?
> 
	Well, I guess the excitement started with bloom two years ago  on 
the sibtosa, MAUVE SNOWTOP.  I have found the species cross of 
siberian and setosa to produce easier growing plants (for my garden, 
at least).  I ordered more last year and am looking forward to their 
blooms this spring.  They are already greening up, but the pure sibes 
are still dormant.

	Then there was the slide of the versicolor hybrid, MYSTERIOUS 
MONIQUE, which somebody on the iris-l had.  I flipped over that one 
so I ordered it to see for myself.  I was re-bitten by the irisbug, 
this time the beardless one.

	Meeting Lorena Reid and talking with her at the Detroit AIS 
convention only stirred further curiosities in the beardless, 
species, spec-x departments.

	Getting seeds from SIGNA and having them sprout has been the latest 
adventure in the world of species.  I hope to see my first blooms 
next year.

	Another reason for seeking 'water varieties' stems from the poor 
luck I have been experiencing with Louisianas the last several years 
following my move from Mississippi State University.  LA's were no 
problem there, but 120 miles up the road, and they seem so tender.  
This is the first year in three that a late freeze hasn't produced 
the tell-tale white slime in the center of the fan which gets the 
bud.  The tets are the most prone, tender-wise.  I think this will be 
the last year for them here.

	I feel confident that the species may replace the LA's and occupy 
all the damp, low spots of my garden, maybe saving space for the 
hardiest of the diploid LA's.  I really hate to see the LA's go, but 
I cannot see growing them for foliage only.

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8

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