Possible new spuria hybrids?
Dennis Kramb (Thu, 12 Nov 2015 06:13:03 PST)

I've tried crosses between I. foetidissima and large hybrid modern Spurias,
but to no avail. Mostly I'm applying foetidissima pollen onto the Spuria
flowers. I've only tried the reciprocal cross a few times. It occurred to
me maybe the pollen tubules are too short so I tried various ways of
slicing the flower and applying the pollen, but still never got any seeds.
I'm still convinced this cross is possible so I'll keep trying, but so far
I've got about 6 years of attempts with nothing to show for it.

Dennis in Cincinnati

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 3:15 AM, Mark BROWN <brown.mark@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

Dear all,
I have not had time to read the full paper but as a comment here has
suggested a cross between Iris foetidissia x I. spuria (or whatever they
are now called, I have not got that far yet), should be very possible I am
wondering if it has been done and if we could have a whole new range of
'iris' with brightly coloured seeds and good sized flowers?
I grow a range of coloured seeded forms of foetidissima from white to
yellow to orangey red...
Mark

Mark W.Brown,
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76119 Sainte Marguerite-sur-mer,
France

Message du 10/11/15 19:02
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Objet : A new comprehensive generic arrangement of the ‘Iris sensu

latissimo’,clade

Hi, Today I was given a copy of the new paper (see below). I am allowed

to give copies to my colleagues - if you want one, drop me a *private*
email. Can a rainbow consist of a single colour? A new comprehensive
generic arrangement of the ‘Iris sensu latissimo’ clade (Iridaceae),
congruent with morphology and molecular data MANUEL B. CRESPO[1]*, MARIO
MARTÍNEZ-AZORÍN[1] & EVGENY V. MAVRODIEV[2] 1 dCARN & CIBIO (Instituto de
la Biodiversidad), Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante,
Spain; e-mail: crespo@ua.es 2 Florida Museum of Natural History,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. *author for
correspondence -- David Pilling http://www.davidpilling.com/
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