Re: breeding 6 fall bearded Irises

I looked up 'Falling For You' and it looks quite similar to 'Six Pack'. You do
know if there is any common ancestry involved?

I think 25% seems like quite a
good rate for a mutation? If I could get a rate that high, I would be quite
pleased. I breed fowl and that is about the same rate as for some of their
traits.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/Indiana_Gardener/2007%20birds/hakuraiko
u-5-1-2009.jpg

The somewhat fickle nature of the flat trait not always
holding true is something I've read about, but have yet to witness with the
ones I have here. Does that seem more or less frequent some yrs than other?
Thanks!


David














--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Michael Sutton
<info@suttoniris.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Sutton <info@suttoniris.com>
>
Subject: Re: [iris] breeding 6 fall bearded Irises
> To: iris@hort.net
> Date:
Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 9:37 AM
> about 25% from a few crosses with
> Falling
For You.  Flats can have a tendency to not
> always be flat too....can't quite
figure that one out as 7
> flowers on the same stalk will be flat with six
falls and
> beards and then two will not be flat but usually have six
> falls
with no beards.  they are a bit frustrating and
> could use some really
focused work.
> Mike Sutton
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From:
"greenthumbs" <greenthumbs777@yahoo.com>
> To: <Iris@hort.net>
> Sent:
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:34 PM
> Subject: [iris] breeding 6 fall bearded Irises
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> >   I just joined the list. I have been
> attempting
to breed flat beardeds. I have only been
> successful in getting three
seedlings so far and have yet to
> see what blooms they produce. I would
ideally like to
> produce numbers more into the 100s or 1,000s for better
>
selections. I have more blooms this yr than last and the
> weather has been
cooler and more humid. Maybe things will
> turn out better this yr.
> > 
>
>   My question regarding this breeding
> has to do with the heredity of the
6-fall trait. I was
> wondering how it transfers to offspring? My guess is
that
> it's co-dominant, or incompletely dominant, since I've seen
> some Iris
that seem to have this trait to varying degrees
> and do not appear completely
100% either way?
> > 
> >   Has anyone ever bred a 6-fall iris to
> a standard
iris, and if so, what would you say was the
> approximate percent, if any,
that turned out flat?
> >   Thanks for any info!
> > 
> > 
> > David
> > 
> >
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