Re: colour change
From: Gerry Snyder <gcsnyd@loop.com>
> heather & bernard pryor wrote:
>
> .... Both of my TB quesioners declared that they had
> planted a purple coloured iris that they dug out of a friend's garden (and
> they were sure it was the purple one) and now it has flowered white.
>
> I responded that it was not genetically possible and that more than likely
> they had accidentally gotten a piece of the white one instead.
You are almost right. "Sports" (mutations in vegetatively propagated plants)
_do_ happen once in a while, but it is quite rare.
Your explanation is almost certainly correct.
Fighting ignorance, superstition, etc. is difficult (we have a lot of trouble
with the "face on Mars"). Good luck.
Check the archives for past discussions on the subject ("colour" might have been
spelled differently, though ;-)
-Gerry, ready to go out and finish planting this year's iris
--
g*@loop.com AIS Region 15
Warm, winterless Los Angeles
President of San Fernando Valley Iris Society
My work? Helping generate data for http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo
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