Re: AR: BRONZE BEAUTY
From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Sharon McAllister wrote:
> Message text written by John Montgomery:
> I am beginning to wonder if the real 'Bronze Beauty' exists. Three
> attempts
> to grow it have resulted in three different plants, none of which match the
> description.
> >
>
> It was widely grown just a few years ago, but has been around long enough
> to have some imposters making the rounds. I acquired mine in the mid-70s,
> and it matched the photo in the old Austin catalogs, so I'm confident I got
> the real thing. I know I've uploaded a photo to my web site, but am not
> sure whether I've yet set the link. [My mother's been having a bad spell
> and I haven't had the chance to do anything to my site for almost six
> weeks. Sorry 'bout that, folks....]
>
> >
> Another puzzle - the checklist entry for Van Tubergen (the hybridizer)
> lists
> it as a RH which would follow from its hoogiana and stolonifera parents.
> The
> subsequent entry which registers it, lists it as a RC hybrid. Is this a
> typo?<
>
> Yes. It will be corrected in the '99 CL, but it won't be listed under that
> name. This was a missed registration we were trying to correct, but
> neither Kay nor I caught that in the meantime the name had been approved
> for a TB. Sharon McAllister 73372.1745@compuserve.com
Sharon, Any idea what the new name will be? TIA.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
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