Subject: Re: searching in the Irisregister

Donald Eaves wrote "So, what is the status of an iris like this one?  Named,
distributed, but
not registered?  If I hybridize with it, what would it do?  Can the name be
used by someone else registering another iris?  That would be confusing down
the line somewhere, I would think. ..."

Donald you could list the parent as "Unknown" which is done often by even the
well known
hybridizers.  One very famous Dykes winner had both parents listed as unknown.
The problem with unregistered names could be a lot worse.  In the daylily
world some commercial growers (tissue culture) have taken named and registered
daylilies and renamed the offspring for their own commercial purposes.  One
hybridizer has done the same with his own children when marketing then through
a wholesale venture of which he is a part owner. The "Stella" name has for one
been used to dupe the public into thinking that the flower will be a repeat
bloomer, only in a different color, like the original "Stella De Oro". One
daylily has been marketed so well that the substitute name has almost replaced
the original R&I name in commerce.

Glenn Grigg, Raleigh, NC Zone 7

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