Re: Neat Trick
Andrew,
Thank you very much for your reply and the interesting information. I don't
suppose you have any photos of the seedlings from some of these crosses? Did
the thin appearance of the falls appear in the seedlings as well?
I suppose you are resting comfortably now that your exams are over.
Jim in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada where it is still very cold.
Andrew Wheeler wrote:
> I have used it with several things as a pollen parent, but it is reluctant
> as a pod parent. My best crosses involve it and appaoolsa blue, a lighter
> blue with a similar sort of pattern. It seems that the two pattterns are
> different and can be overlayed, giving a range of shades in the pattern.
> It is a cross of Janet K. Merill and Shirley Pope, two siberians. The
> checklist lists it as a setosa, which it is not. It has two siblings
> rgistered by John white, Maurice Pope and Elisabeth McEwen, which are
> listed as siberian crosses as well. Kind of interesting, HUH? I think it
> is simply a registration error. Neat Trick's biggest fault is the thin
> appearance of the tips of the falls, due perhaps to the broken color
> pattern being caused by ill-developed petal tissue. Again, the only
> seedlings I have from it used another broken color iris, so it is
> difficult to say how reliable the trait is to work with.
> Andrew Wheeler
>
> 1 more final tommorrow and I am done for the semester!!!!!
>
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Has anyone used this iris for hybridizing? Is it fertile? Is it really
> > a hybrid between a siberian and a setosa iris? If anyone has been
> > sucessful in using it in hybridizing, have any of the seedlings shown
> > the "whiter" falls?
> >
> > Thanks for any responses.
> > Jim in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada zone 2-3 where we have had as low
> > as -50 C(~55 F) with the wind chill factor and as warm as -25 C(~15 F)
> > during the day lately. The time of year when I marvel at just how
> > plants of all kinds survive the winters.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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