Re: IB:LOW HO SILVER ( freak bloom )
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] IB:LOW HO SILVER ( freak bloom )
- From: J* B*
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 01:40:18 -0400
From: "John Bruce" <jbruce@infinet.com>
I would hesitate to call this a mutation. A mutation is basically
a change (damage) to DNA. It would be better to use the term
"deformation". These deformed blooms are usually caused by
weather or chemicals at a critical point in formation of the flower.
Excessive cold,heat,moisture or herbicide drift is most likely the culprit.
It has NO effect on pollen, if indeed any pollen forms on the deformed flower,
nor is the plant itself likely to perpetuate the deformity on future stalks.
There are a few "novelties" out there in iris land that are fairly consistent
in strange blooms, however. FULL HOUSE comes to mind, with five
standards and five falls the norm.
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John Bruce jbruce@infinet.com
President, Miami Valley Iris Society
AIS Region 6 - SSI - HIPS
SW OH Zone 5 / Sunset Zone 35
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>I have experienced a similar mutation with the BB Christown Jubilee this
>spring. There were three falls and one standard and two style arms. I asked
>the hyrbidizer of CJ about it and he said that sometimes they do that. I
>was also advised not to propagate it or use its pollen. We do not want to
>propogate those types of mutations.
>> From: Chris Darlington <chris.darlington@sympatico.ca>
>> Upon arrival from the office today , I did my little tour through our
>> tiny garden only to notice that my second rhizome of LOW HO SILVER was
>> in bloom. It displayed TWO standards , four falls with beards and three
>> and a half stlye arms , three with pollen !!!!!! I was so surprised
>> that I had to put the baby down and examine it more closely.
>>
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