RE: HYB:inheritance of flower form (was TT05-55a=Louvois X Rom. Ev. on photos)

Another nice result from an oldie.
Look at that nice change in shape of the falls from LOUVOIS to the seedling. LOUVOIS has what I call 'banjo' shaped falls, while the seedling has much rounder ones.
Have any of you grown enough oldie x modern seedlings to know how this trait is passed along?
I'm assuming there is a gradient from concave (banjo) to convex (fully rounded), but haven't grown enough babies to be sure. I do avoid making crosses between an old banjo and a new iris if the falls have any concavity along the haft, but I'm not sure how important that is.
In other words, I don't know if fully rounded falls can come in one generation from banjo falls. I'm assuming that doesn't happen, but don't know. Maybe back in the early days of hybridizing, rounded falls were considered a fault. 

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