Re: Thornbecke hybrids
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Thornbecke hybrids
- From: m*@tricities.net (Mike Lowe)
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 23:24:56 -0500
Gunnar asks...
>Are those Hybrids possible to find!!
They are all grown in US gardens although some are rather rare. Tristram
for example is only grown by a couple of people that I know of. I
photographed it in either Phil Edinger's garden in Cloverdale, California
or in Cameron Hall's Petersburg, Virginia garden. Marsh Marigold is a bit
more common. I know that Terry Varner has used it in his hybridizing
program and I think that a couple of other people also grow it. I seem to
remember that Terry had it listed in his catalog. Alice Harding is common
as dirt, so to speak, with literally scores of people growing it. It is one
of my favorite early yellows.
>Do you know any reseller of old DM winners ??
In the archives is a listing of those catalog sources for antique irises
that advertise in 'ROOTS' The Journal of the Historic Iris Society. It was
posted on 21 March 96. Since I was the perpetrator I will forward it to
you.
>Do you know any good book of 'colour - genetics' for Iris?
The book 'Iris Culture and Hybridizing for Everyone' by Wilma Vallette,
Adams Press, Chicago, Il, 1961 is still probably the best altho the
cultivars mentioned are dated. Principles remain the same and the
hybridizing Robins that she extracted the information from had the largest
assembly of Dykes medal recipients ever gathered under one postmark. Old
book dealers are the only source and it took me about a year to find a
copy.
>Is your ancestor database published, Mike?? Do you sell it ??
No, its a work in progress and is one module of a much more extensive
vertical application. The cultivars listed in it are idiosyncratic to say
the least--those things that I have grown or caught my interest over the
last 30 years or so. All Dykes, most AMs, nearly all Tall Beardeds over 30
years old and about half of all siberians, is the extent of it.
>Do you know how many named hybrids there are totally??
At this point in time about 88,000 and increasing at around 750 to 1300
cultivars per year.
>Are there any list published with the names??
AIS publishes a 'Registrations and Introductions' booklet each year after
all the registrations and introductions for that year are compiled. At the
end of each decade a 'Check List' is compiled that lists all iris
registered and introduced from the 10 years of that decade. There have been
seven 'Check Lists' to date, the next is due in approx 2001 depending on
the industry of the Registrar. The 1939 Check List enumerates all iris up
to and through 1939 so the '29 Check List is a rarity of interest only to
collectors. The '39 through '89 Check Lists are AIS sale items as are the
last six R & Is.
>When they come up with a new hybrid in another country
>are the names have to be granted by the AIS, or synchronized in some
>way?? Or can there be different hybrids in different countrys with the
>same name???
The iris name is cleared through the Registrations agent for that country
and approved or disapproved by the AIS Registrar. Each major garden plant
has an International Registration Authority and AIS is tasked with keeping
up with all iris save bulbous.
Best regards,
Mike Lowe, mikelowe@tricities.net
South Central Virginia, USA
USDA Zone 7A, pH-5.4, very sandy loam
185 to 205 frost free growing days per year
