Re: HYB:Seedlings
- Subject: Re: HYB:Seedlings
- From: n*@charter.net
- Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 06:10:50 -0000
--- In iris-talk@y..., "wmoores" <wmoores@w...> wrote:
> 98-22...has light blue standards that have darker 'pencil' marks
(not plicata marks)
...did I miss something? I didn't see this picture.
> 98-23...a mustard/brass concotion with a faint blue line extending
down from the beard.
Interesting! What's the parentage?
Walter, a question for you: what can you tell me about the
inheritance of bud-count and branching. Your comment recently about
Romantic Evening having three-in-a-socket sent me out to do some
close looking. What a welcome characteristic! I've seen multiple
buds in sockets on a too-small number of moderns over
the years. Breeding for this would be an asset--is it dominant?
recessive? a combination of factors? It would help if we knew.
Likewise, branching. Besides the contribution made by nutrition and
energy available to a plant, I wonder how the style, count and
placement of branches and side-spurs are determined. I wish more
things had Blue Rhythm (or Winter Olympics, or Emperor's Concerto)
branching. Breeding good-branching to good-branching doesn't always
make for good branching. Something gets lost a lot of the time.
I suspect you've put some thought into these questions judging by
some comments you've made in various posts. I'm interested in
your conclusions.
Neil Mogensen, zone 7a, near Asheville, NC, where the TB season is
getting well under way (too early for the Mother's Day weekend show!)
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