Re: O.T.(?) Iris hybridizing in Russia?

From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>

Hi Bob,

I was hoping that someone else might answer this for you.  Yes, there is
work going on in Russia.  There have been write-ups in past AIS bulletins
and there is now a section in the bulletin that reports on iris developments
in other countries.  I don't believe that any Russian iris are ready for
introduction yet but I believe that they would register with AIS (someone
please pipe in....)

As to China, I can't speak specifically about iris, but there has been
significant mobilization on the horticulture front to preserve their flora
-- to the extent that it is illegal to collect seeds and take them out of
the country.  Botanists are frantically documenting flora across the
country.  "Irises in China" from Timber Press documents the species iris
across China.  I don't know if anyone is hybridizing, but I think that it is
unlikely at this time.  BTW, the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington
Ontario received a shipment of never-seen-in-the-west-before peony hybrids.
They will probably go on display in the next two or three years.

Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)

> From: "Robert Dickow" <dickow@uidaho.edu>
> 
> I was wondering if there is much known in the West
> about iris growing and hybridizing in Russia, or
> China, et alibi. Are new Russian irises registered
> under our AIS system? Do they have their own system?
> Can we acquire Russian plants commercially? I'll
> bet they have some *real* siberian irises over there! ;-)
> 
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