Re: TB: mislabelled plants - Rain Cloud
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: mislabelled plants - Rain Cloud
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 20:17:28 EDT
From: HIPSource@aol.com
In a message dated 5/7/99 6:47:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lmann@icx.net
writes:
<< Speaking of mislabelled plants, I have 3 plants of RAIN CLOUD in bloom
for the first time this year - all sent as extras from different dealers
(I think) - they have all had a hard time with my winter/spring weather
so haven't bloomed before. Three plants, three sources, three different
flowers >>
I tell you this mess is epidemic. And people wonder why HIPS harps on the
subject. When something new blooms bone-wrong you figure maybe an honest
mistake happened--hopefully--but when you are talking about three pretty
close things, it sounds like either the clone is pretty variable, or maybe
someone got to guessing.
It isn't a new problem of course. Back in the 'twenties Alice Harding the
authoress and iris fancier remarked upon it. Luckily she liked one of the
wrong ones she got.
Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com
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