Re: HYB: good pod parents?
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- Subject: Re: HYB: good pod parents?
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 21:28:26 -0600 (MDT)
J. Griffin Crump wrote:
>
> J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
> >
> > this morning when I stopped
> > by our club's display beds at the State Capitol to cut spent stalks, I
> > found a big healthy clump of one cultivar in which it appeared that EVERY
> > pod on every branch on EVERY stalk had been fertilized! A prodigy of
> > desire. . .
> >
> > Now the bad news: This plant's name has evaporated. It is an amoena with
> > apricot falls, tangerine beard. If I ever do track down the name, I'll let
> > everyone know what it was so our newbie hybridizers who want the thrill of
> > success can take advantage of what appears to be a scandalously willing
> > nature.
> >
> > celia
>
> Celia -- Your amoena sounds like Barry Blyth's AMBER SNOW. From the 1989
> Checklist:
>
> "S. pure white; F. rich apricot; bright tangerine beard."
>
> In my garden, it is a prolific bloomer and willingly sets seed.
>
> Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac, where the TBs are almost all gone,
> and REFINED is starting its second bloom. jgcrump@erols.com
Could also be Barry's "Beachgirl". Quite a garden favorite here!
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California.......Anxiously getting ready to head for the AIS
Convention.
Zone 8
