Re: :HYB:Pod Vs Pollen Parent
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk]:HYB:Pod Vs Pollen Parent
- From: a*@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:43:28 EDT
In a message dated 10/19/2002 12:07:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
Autmirislvr@aol.com writes:
> He replied that there was no difference. In his opinion, you might as well
> mix up the seed from a cross & it's reverse and plant them all together as
> there was so little difference! I respect those that have gone before and
> I
> have tremendous respect for this gentleman, but I have to question this
> answer.
>
> In my first year of making crosses, I had stumbled across something that,
> to
> me, blew this theory out of the water! Only having one true rebloomer in
> my
> garden that spring, I made crosses with anything in my collection that was
> reported to have sporadic rebloom. I crossed HIGHLAND CHIEF & PEACH SPOT
> both
> ways. It was probably the most interesting cross I've ever made. All of
> the
> children with PS as the pod parent gave a max. of 4 buds, were kinda short,
> and all washed out. I don't recall any being memorable except my first
> rebloomer that I nicknamed "Big Bertha." A rather ugly thing with big
> blooms! A white with a few flecks of purple, as were most of these
> seedlings. All had very thin substance.
>
> The reverse cross, with H.C. as the pod parent gave such a wide and varied
> group of children that I remember them still . . . an orange with triple
> sockets producing 9 buds . . . a yellow & white BRIDES HALO pattern,
> several
> nice plicatas . . . etc! It was my first crop of seedlings & I fell in
> love
> with all from this cross. It was years before I trashed them all.
>
I worked with this puzzle for many years and must say that you have cut to
the heart of the controversy.
From my own experiments I've concluded is that the difference can be
attributed to the type of cross.
In some lines, it is indeed impossible to detect any effect of the direction
of the cross. I've found this to be true when both parents can be traced to
a common maternal ancestor. So it would be the logical conclusion of someone
who focuses on lin-breeding.
In others, it is unmistakeable. I've found it to be most obvious when the
two parents can be traced back to different maternal species. That's why
those who work with outcrosses are most likely to observe this phenomenon.
Sharon McAllister
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