RE: HYB: "Apogon hybrid"

Just one small thing....aril iris do have beards, many of them have large
bushy beards, some even have beards on the standards!!

 

Dana Brown

AIS Region 17 RVP

Director ASI, TBIS

AIS, ASI, MIS, RIS, SPIS, TBIS

Malevil Iris Gardens

www.malevil-iris.com <http://www.malevil-iris.com> 

Lubbock, TX

Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset

danabrown@peoplepc.com <d*@peoplepc.com> 

 

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Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:28 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] HYB: "Apogon hybrid"

 

In a message dated 9/25/05 7:06:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cholte@wi.rr.com 

writes:

 

<< Can someone explain what type of Iris this is? >>

 

Char, I think we may need some more information.What part of this is 

mysterious? 

 

A "pogon" is a bearded iris, and an "apogon" is a beardless one, although,
in 

my experience, the term "apogon" is generally not used for evansias, arils, 

or bulbous irises, even though they typically do not have beards as such. 

 

As you already know, a hybrid can be defined in a lot of ways, but the 

simplest definition is probably: The result of sexual reproduction between
two 

genetically distinct individuals. Those individuals may be similar
botanically, or 

quite distant. Some hybrids arise in cultivated populations, whether through


man's activity or otherwise, others occur naturally in the wild. 

 

So, speaking for myself here, I'd understand the term in question to mean a 

beardless Iris cultivar which originated from the crossing of two
genetically 

distinct parents.  

 

It is sort of a strange term, though, when you think about it. Clear, 

certainly, but sort of vague, too. Almost a pseudo-scientific term. For most
sorts of 

Irises to which it might be applied, I can think of another more specialized


term which is genearally used by informed folks. 

 

I'd better stop talking before I insult someone. Which Iris are we talking 

about, anyway? Where did you run into the phrase? Or have I completely 

misunderstood your question?  

 

Cordially,

 

Anner Whitehead

Richmond VA USA

 

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