Re: Cult: LA: VINICOLOR
- Subject: Re: Cult: LA: VINICOLOR
- From: w*
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:06:50 -0600
From: "wmoores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
>From: "Patrick O'Connor" <swamp@ix.netcom.com>
>
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>I will have to research this to be sure, but I seem to recall that
>VINICOLOR was a natural hybrid of I. fulva and I. giganticaerulea. The
>first generation cross of these two is a deep wine color. The Abbeville
>irises are or hybrid origin, but have become a stable population. I gather
>that if you were to self VINICOLOR you would get some range of colors and
>forms. Offspring of I. nelsonii selfed do not vary much. This must be why
>VINICOLOR was read out of the species ranks.
>
>Patrick, I seem to remember the same thing. I believe Joe Mertzweiller
discussed this in one of the special publications of SLI but cannot locate
it at this moment.
This should answer Dennis's question regarding the hybrid status.
I see more clumps of VINICOLOR here and in Texas than of any Abbeville red.
A cross of VINICOLOR X FULL ECLIPSE produced a number of weak stemmed
'fall-overs'. Of course, all were very dark in coloration.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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