HYB:Returning Chameleon & Immortality

In a message dated 11/21/2006 6:25:46 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
tasquierloic@cs.com writes:

<<We must listen to Betty when she says the pinks it gives are no  good and 
I'm sure Ret. Cham. can do better.>>
 
Loic, there is no way that my memory of five or six seedlings some 12+  years 
ago proves that it's NOT a good parent for pink.  Seedling #6 might  have had 
extremely modern form.  Or maybe a different choice for parent  would have 
made the difference?  Some people don't get good children from  Pink Attraction. 
 Even 50 seedlings wouldn't prove a negative.   Strange things happen!  
 
Most of us know that memories can be very deceiving!  My memories of  these 
seedlings is a negative.  And strong enough that I remember the cross  # and 
where it grew!  (And what grew next to it!)  None produced good  enough form for 
me to take them further.  Also, I was overwhelmed with  seedlings that 
spring.  
 
If my memory is correct and these were PINK?  That is revealing.   (Pink 
Sleigh x Immortality) But no proof.  
 
Sometimes, when two irises are crossed you get a seedling that is better  
than either parent.  At one time, I thought this was the case with  Returning 
Chameleon.  
 
Later thinking, lead to the conclusion that crosses with Immortality just  
did much better when the sparse pollen is extracted from Immortality and applied 
 to other irises of sporadic tendency!  Such is the case with both Bridge In  
Time (Glistening Icicle x Immortality) and Returning Chameleon (Pink Sleigh x 
 Immortality).  Anthers that appear barren will, sometimes, reveal limited  
pollen when the anther is spit lengthwise, a trick I learned from Lloyd.  
 
Just to take the Immortality mystery a step further?  One 1990 cross  was 
Immortality X Paradise.  I planted 122 seed and the cross produced two  sets of 
twins.  The notes say "all bloomed yellow!"  This is a cross I  remember very 
well and saw great potential.  Even lined out a  couple with plans to breed 
with it and introduce it.  These were  taller than most Immortality seedlings and 
most were well branched.  Palest  yellow selfs and bitones. Not a bright iris 
in the bunch.  No  rebloom.  Paradise grows here, but I doubt I'll remake the 
cross.   Immortality doesn't want to set seed here!  
 
People seem to enjoy Returning Chameleon a lot, and for that I'm  happy!  
Even I like it when it blooms in July!  (Yes, add it to the  list)  When I lived 
in town, people would walk down the street to make sure  they were really 
seeing irises blooming in July.  (Summer Radiance would  get their attention from 
afar!)   
 
 
 
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