Re: Greetings Blue Seedlings

The dark blue produces a few flowers on the
scape only...so no extensive branching. The
seedlings ranged from light blue to medium,
and a small percentage of white. The white
flowers were quite a bit smaller than any of
the blues, with really narrow sepals (falls)
and petals (standards).

Ross Koning, Connecticut, Zone 6

--- In sibrob@y..., Irisquilt@a... wrote:
> Does this dark blue siberian have branching? A lot of dark blue 
are assumed 
> to be Caesar's Brother but many have allowed bee pods to set 
and therefore 
> they probably are growing seedlings. Dr. McGarvey believed 
that they were 
> selfed and believed that long periods of crosses with similar 
genes fostered 
> the development of strong, inbred strains. Selfing doesn't 
always produce 
> seedlings resembling the parent. With a variation like you 
mention it must 
> have had parents that brought some variations. I happened 
upon this quote 
> last night and decided to save it and sending it to you for what 
its worth. I 
> hybridized for 10 years or so and only one time had a bee pod 
that gave all 1 
> color of seedlings. Mostly there would be a variation even when 
they 
> definitely had different parents that were sisters. anna mae 
miller, 
> Kalamazoo MI


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