Re: HYB: pigments (Abbey, Seakist)

Thanks. We now know it inherited the water base pigment.  Still don't know what is in standards. There should be some water based pigment.

Chuck Chapman

 Sat, 14 May 2005 11:26:42 -0400
>From: Linda Mann <lmann@volfirst.net>
>Subject: [iris] re: HYB: pigments (Abbey, Seakist)
>
>Chuck, last fall, you asked me to do pigment extractions on a HARVEST OF
>MEMORIES X SEAKIST seedling that had greenish yellow looking standards,
>lighter cream falls.  Didn't have the heart to destroy any of it on
>maiden bloom, but here's what I got today:
>
>hot water  - yellow (slightly greenish, but not as greenish as paraffin
>oil)
>hot water rinse
>isopropyl alcohol - nothing in standards, faint pinkish tint from falls
>(this surprised me until I remembered what SEAKIST looks like)
>paraffin oil - greenish yellow
>
>I also took another look at the ABBEY ROAD extractions from yesterday,
>and there was crud in the bottom of the first extractions.  So the murk
>was a combination of emulsion and crud.
>
>There is a distinct pinkish tone to the hot water extractions that I
>didn't really notice yesterday.  Not sure if it changed overnight, or if
>it was there & with diferent light, I just didn't notice.
>
>- --
>Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8


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