Pardanthopsis again.

>This spring I started seeds of Belamcanda 'Leopard Lily Mixed' from T&M
>and some of pardancanda x norrissii from the NARGS seed exchange.  The only
>plant that has bloomed thus far came I THINK from the latter group.  The
>foliage from both groups is iris-like and identical and there is the same
>long stem, but this flower is definitely iris-shaped, not like belamcanda or
>what I thought the pardancanda was going to be.  (Its shape is a lot like
>that of the iris gracillipes I have from Blanchette's though the foliage is
>totally different.  It looks a lot better on the i.g., which is quite a small
>plant.)  I guess this is pardanthopsis??  That's one of the parents of the
>bigeneric cross, isn't it?  It hadn't occurred to me that the progeny would
>revert as I thought the hybrid was stable.  Of course, it could be that the
>donor had the wrong name.


Earlier this summer, Claire sent me an article by Darrell Probst, 
published in the SIGNA bulletins from earlier this year (sorry, don't 
know which one) discussing Pardandanda hybrids.  He states, in part, 
that:

"Their [Belamcanda and Pardanthopsis] hybrids provide a mixed bag of 
characteristics, intermediate between the two parents in early 
generations, but soon reverting back to those of the original parents 
in most characteristics with the exception of color.  The plants with 
flowers similar in form to Belamcanda retain a wider color range, 
through orange still predominates.  Those with Pardanthopsis type 
flower produce mostly typical lavender colored flowers with 
occasional white, purple or pink flowers showing up."




-- 
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com

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