Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] Re: BSE Mrs. George Darwin

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Hi Chris
I will be visiting California at the beginning of June so I may have time
to give Superstition Iris
Gardens a visit I found their address and will contact them.
Unfortunately they usually do not do export to UK and this is my biggest
dilemma !

Yes I am a geneticist and very into it in fact . Traditionally specialised
in Human and viruses
I would like to apply it to my hobby and even go into tissue culture and
embryo rescue from seed that would not necessarily germinate in normal
condition. A lot of this is common in the states and I believe used widely
commercially and in propagation.

I am relatively new in the field of hybridisation and pushed into it by two
of my colleague in the iris group . I like the genetic abnormalities
because they help us to understand how the plant genome work.

I have two gardens one in France and one in UK and really have started by
the historic of my grand father and in UK carried on with some iris of  the
Dyke (UK) collection.
I am getting to grip with the iris world chose my iris type tall bearded,
reblooming space age and flatties the weird of the genetic world !
I am also getting to grip with the names of this world
I have noted Austin we have an Austin in UK Jane who also has a large
collection of Iris her father has the rose.
http://www.claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk/
I also include a picture believed to be a flattie found on the galerry of
Superstition Iris garden
(See attached file: Little freack.jpg)
I also found this one and I very interested another weird one but
interesting the sort of thing that keep me ticking !
(See attached file: Japanesque.jpg)
And a good one from Long acre unwilling to export unfortunately !
(See attached file: WhiteParasol_3.jpg)

Thanks for the thought on flatties any help on this subject is always
appreciated
Best regards