Iris lazica x I. unguicularis

Adam Fikso adam14113@ameritech.net
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:42:16 PST
Bob.  For sure?  Unbelievable.  and a good reason to not believe anybody 
when it comes to trying new things  ,




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Pries" <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Iris lazica x I. unguicularis


> Adam: Dykes crossed them and got several nice cultivars, all of which I 
> believe have vanished.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Fikso" <adam14113@ameritech.net>
> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:18:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Iris lazica x I. unguicularis
>
> These two irises are most unlikely to yield any seed whatsoever.  The
> chromosome numbers are really incompatible.  I.  lazica has a 2n = 32. but
> could be a tetraploid and unguicularis has a 2n of 40 or 50.  I can't
> imagine quite how a matchup could occur,  Really odd linkages and matches
> occur in some plant groups but I've not known this to occur in irises
>
>
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