Re: MED: LITTLE EGYPT (?)
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- Subject: Re: MED: LITTLE EGYPT (?)
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:56:04 -0600 (MDT)
On Sun, 11 May 1997, Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
> LITTLE EGYPT (A. Harper, R. 1985). Sdlg A1-8. MTB, 16" (41 cm), EM. S.
> medium red; F. full red: bronze beard. D16-7: (Molten Embers x Caliente) X
> Copper Mountain.
>
> The iris I am growing matches this description with respect to the flower
> and season of bloom, but the stalk has the characteristics of an SDB rather
> than an MTB; height 12"-14", no branching, 2 buds (terminal and spur).
>
> My question to the experts is, could an iris such as I have described be
> obtained from the parentage (all TBs) given in the registration?
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
> cwalters@cache.net
>
I will never claim the title 'expert' but in the thirty years that
I have been hybridizing irises, I have not seen anything like this happen.
It would be freakish for this to occur, I think. Walter Moores in MS.
