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Hybridizing Journal |
On this page, you'll see a record of my hybridizing activities and
plans for future work. For earlier journal entries, see the
archives.
Hybridizing Journal
cross pod parent pollen parent pollinations pods seeds P060 P018-02 P018-01 8 5 182, donated to SIGNA P061 P002-13 Sudden Butterflies 3 2 145 P062 P022-04 P019-04 11 8 311 P063 P022-04 P011-02 17 6 242 P064 P022-04 Sudden Butterflies 18 3 122 S049 S026-02 S026-01 6 0 QP001 Topaz Talisman P068-01 2 1 1 P066 P033-03 P002-13 6 1 78 P067 P002-13 P033-03 2 2 9 Q073 Aladdin's Gem Topaz Talisman 1 0 S050 Dollop of Cream S006-01 6 4 23 S051 Miniseries S026-02 10 4 27 Q074 Merlin's Magic Hobbit 2 2 0 Q075 Tadzhiki Bandit Little Drummer Boy 13 12 37 Q076 Q025-01 Aladdin's Gem 1 0 Q066 Tadzhiki Bandit P018-02 11 8 84 Q067 Merlin's Magic P002-14 2 1 11 S052 S004-01 Path of Gold 1 1 3 Q077 Chocolate I. pumila Moravia 11 4 16 Q056 Tadzhiki Eclipse P011-02 2 0 Q078 Barbarella Aladdin's Gem 1 0 S053 Keppel 11-9D S026-02 2 0 T090 T050-02 I. reichenbachii T033-01 2 2 7 Q079 Chocolate Sudden Butterflies 16 6 8 B048 I. schachtii Tadzhiki Eclipse 2 0 Q080 BP002-03 Barbarella 5 2 0 S054 T051-01 Hobbit 39 6 22 S055 Beetlejuice S019-01 1 1 53 Q081 Purple Dawn P011-02 4 3 0 S056 Pearly Whites S019-01 5 2 50 Q082 Ballalaika Music P002-13 19 14 18 Q083 Dunshanbe P051-07 30 21 279 Q084 Werckmeister's Beauty P033-03 19 7 11 S057 Bride Miniseries 2 0 Q085 Ballalaika Music P051-07 1 1 0 S058 Slick Little Drummer Boy 3 3 43 B049 Vera T051-01 10 10 45 S059 Icon S006-01 6 3 42 Q086 Hippolyta P033-03 3 2 20 T081 Night Mood Iris sp. aff. reichenbachii ex Vardar
Gorge 4 1 43 T082 Night Mood Wine Dark Sea 5 0 T091 Night Mood I. reichenbachii T085-02 5 2 58 T092 Night Mood T051-01 4 4 145 T093 Night Mood T060-01 4 2 55 T094 Date with Destiny T051-01 6 5 120 T095 Date with Destiny T060-01 4 1 20 T096 Coral Sunrise I. reichenbachii T009-03 7 3 61 B050 Refiner's Fire Concerto Grosso 3 0 B051 Silent Sentry Concerto Grosso 2 0 B052 Tic Tac Toe Vera 18 0 S060 Silver Ice P011-02 13 6 15 T097 T059-02 T051-01 2 2 15 B053 Speckled Veil B015-06 4 0 T098 Flirtin' Skirts I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 2 1 1 B054 Othamni B015-06 1 0 B055 Amphion I. reichenbachii T085-01 2 2 0 T099 See My Etchings I. reichenbachii T085-01 5 3 10 B056 Plinko Tadzhiki Bandit 17 0 B057 New Vision B015-06 3 3 43 B058 Sand Dancer B015-06 2 0 S061 First Lady of Spring Little Drummer Boy 5 4 104 T100 Little Peaches T060-01 16 1 8 T101 No Regrets T051-01 5 3 49 B059 Iridescent Orange Navajo Velvet 1 0 B060 Hippy Chick Dunshanbe 6 0 T102 Dalriada T051-01 12 8 233 T103 Stylish Choice I. reichenbachii T085-02 9 3 41 B024 Brown Lasso Chocolate 12 3 14 B061 Sand Dancer Iridescent Orange 2 0 S062 Not a Whisper Hobbit 9 2 12 B062 Boondoggle Ballalaika Music 3 0 B063 East Hampton Tadzhiki Eclipse 3 0 S063 S019 unknown 1 57 P069 P042-01 unknown 1 5
I had quite a few pumila seedlings I
selected to keep this year, but two in particular seem
worthy of note. P051-07 is from 'Hobbit' X P003-01,
raised from seed identified as "taurica blue". It has very
fine foliage and small size, and a striking reddish color.
I've been realizing small plant size is important in
selecting pumila parents for my crosses, and this one fits
the bill. Another pumila seedling, P033-03,
from P002-06 (Armenian pumila) X Hildebrant
(SIGNA) 04A004 (Czechian pumila) stood out for it
subtle greenish colors, hard to capture in a
photo. This year, my persistance in working
with Iris reichenbachii has finally paid off. The
form from Mt. Vikos is certainly tetraploid, as are the T009
seedlings from a European collector. The Mt. Vikos reichenbachii
was crossed with pumila 'Royal Wonder' and produced two
dimunitive MDB-sized plants, S026-01 (purple) and
S026-02 (yellow), that will be of great use in my
40-chromosome MDB plans. I'm very excited about the
potential of these, as they are expected to be fully fertile
with SDBs and MDBs from SDB breeding. I have three seedlings from I.
reichenbachii crossed with other tetraploids.
T051-01 (immediate right, top) is
I. aphylla X I. reichenbachii ex Mt.
Vikos, with long slender stems and very dainty purple
flowers. T059-02 (far right, center) is
'Saucy' X I. reichenbachii ex Mt. Vikos, and shows
the inhibition of anthocyanin in the standards from
reichenbachii. T060 (immediate right, bottom) is
'Night Mood' X I. reichenbachii T009-02, is of
modest size and shows purple coloring on the edges and tips
of some leaves. All are fertile (although T059-02,
like 'Saucy', is apparently pod fertile only). Although
these are all a bit taller than I had hoped for, they have
great potential for breeding small tetraploid medians, if
the reichenbachii stature comes out more strongly in
subsequent generations. These seedlings demonstrate that the
two reichenbachii forms are both tetraploid, which
opens up tremendous promise for using both the parents and
the seedlings in my tetraploid median lines. I'm reluctant to include this one,
as I the cross was contaminated, and it may very well not be
true. B015-06 is from 'Sultry Dreams' X 'Werckmeister's
Beauty'. Others bloomed from this cross last year, and none
showed any signs of aril parentage. This one, however (at
least the particular blooms pictured) shows some "aril look"
in veining and flower shape. I used it in some crosses with
arilbreds and am keeping it for further evaluation.
Last but most certainly not least, I
bloomed my first true arilpum seedling this year. Q025-01 is
from I. stolonifera 'Merlin's Magic' X P002-05
(Armenian I. pumila). Taking after 'Merlin's Magic',
it does not show signal or proiminent veining that most
people expect in arilbreds, but I am hoping it will prove to
be pod fertile, so I can cross it with other arilpums
and begin a line.
cross pod parent pollen parent pollinations pods seeds Q046 Sudden Butterflies Tadzhiki Bandit 4 0 Q061 P002-07 Dunshanbe 4 0 Q062 I. pumila Moravia Dunshanbe 3 0 Q063 Little Drummer Boy Werckmeister's Beauty 2 0 P055 P011-02 Keystone Oracle 4 2 39 Q064 P018-02 Dunshanbe 7 0 Q065 P002-14 Tadzhiki Bandit 6 0 Q037 Royal Wonder Tadzhiki Bandit 3 0 S038 Raspberry Ice S019-01 3 0 T079 T009-02 T009-03 5 0 T080 I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos T009-02 4 0 S039 S019-01 Miniseries 1 1 38 S040 S004-01 Miniseries 4 1 2 S034 Abuzz with Charm Iris sp. aff. reichenbachii ex Vardar
Gorge 5 3 46 S041 Wine Dark Sea Abuzz with Charm 2 0 Q066 Tadzhiki Bandit P018-02 11 8 84 Q067 Merlin's Magic P002-14 2 1 11 Q068 Dunshanbe Wild Whispers 16 14 189 B040 Network T013-01 20 12 62 S042 Heart Stopper S006-01 9 0 A028 I. paradoxa Dunshanbe 4 2 2 Q069 Ballalaika Music Sudden Butterflies 1 1 3 B041 Werckmeister's Beauty I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 2 1 10 S043 I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos P011-02 2 0 S044 Circa S004-01 1 1 22 S045 Raspberry Ice S004-01 6 0 T081 Night Mood Iris sp. aff. reichenbachii ex Vardar
Gorge 3 0 Q070 Vera Royal Wonder 8 6 51 T082 Night Mood Wine Dark Sea 4 0 Q071 BP002-01 Aladdin's Gem 6 3 0 Q072 BP002-02 Topaz Talisman 2 0 B042 Night Mood Network 20 7 40 B043 New Vision B015-02 1 1 55 B044 Shaman's Magic B015-02 3 0 B045 Dragon's Eye B015-04 1 0 B046 B015-01 Anacrusis 3 0 T082 Absolute Treasure I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 7 4 60 T083 Temporal Anomaly T009-02 7 1 0 S046 Venus Blush P011-02 5 2 18 T084 First in Line T009-01 2 0 B047 First in Line Tadzhiki Bandit 2 0
The pumila seedling P011-02 (Iris
pumila "clausii" X I. pumila aequiloba) continues
to show its nice rounded form and pleasing color. It is
emerging as one of my most satisfying pumilas each
spring. Pumila seedling P022-04 (Wild
Whispers X I. pumila from Wild Ginger Farm) made an
impression with its dramatic multicolored beard and
pronounced fragrance
There was no seedling bloom this spring, thanks to the great grasshopper attack two years ago. However, I lined out about 200 new seedlings this spring, and got a number of crosses made, despite poor bloom on the medians this year.
cross pod parent pollen parent pollinations pods seeds Q046 Sudden Butterflies Tadzhiki Bandit 13 0 Q047 04A004 Vera 1 0 Q048 P018-02 Werckmeister's Beauty 4 0 Q049 P011-02 Merlin's Magic 2 0 Q050 P002-14 Werckmeister's Beauty 2 0 S034 T009-03 P002-14 3 0 Q051 Royal Wonder Vera 5 0 Q052 Wild Whispers Merlin's Magic 3 0 P053 Little Drummer Boy Sudden Butterflies 12 6 95 S034 Abuzz with Charm Iris sp. aff. reichenbachii ex Vardar
Gorge 3 0 S035 Abuzz with Charm S006-01 5 0 S026 I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos Royal Wonder 19 10 115 Q053 Tadzhiki Bandit Sudden Butterflies 9 3 11 Q054 i. hoogiana purpurea Royal Wonder 3 0 Q055 I. hoogiana Purple Dawn I. pumila taurica WA 2 0 Q056 Tadzhiki Eclipse P011-02 5 3 9 Q057 Werckmeister's Beauty Little Drummer Boy 11 6 28 B035 Dunshanbe I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 23 21 173 Q058 Ballalaika Music I. pumila taurica WA 11 1 0 B036 Ballalaika Music I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 1 0 Q059 Chocolate P018-02 14 1 9 A027 I. paradoxa Dunshanbe 5 0 S028 Eye of the Tiger S006-01 1 1 18 T070 Night Mood T009-03 5 3 30 T071 Night Mood T013-01 4 2 21 B037 Vera Ahlburg 1 0 T072 Night Mood T008-01 4 0 Q060 Vera Wild Whispers 8 0 t033 Hot News T009-03 6 1 4 t034 Hot News T013-01 6 1 0 t035 Hot News T008-01 4 0 T073 East Hampton I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 4 1 0 S036 Cotillion Ball Sudden Butterflies 1 0 B038 Sultry Dreams Tadzhiki Eclipse 4 0 B039 Brown Lasso Vera 5 0 T074 Brown Lasso I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 5 3 39 T075 T013-01 I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 6 0 T076 T013-01 unknown 1 14 T077 Wine Dark Sea unknown 2 30
cross pod parent pollen parent pollinations pods seeds Q036 I. pumila WG Chocolate 3 0 Q037 Royal Wonder Tadzhiki Bandit 3 1 14 Q038 Wild Whispers Werckmeister's Beauty 4 3 30 Q039 Little Drummer Boy Vera 1 1 1 S012 Dollop of Cream Iris sp. aff. reichenbachii ex Vardar
Gorge 1 0 S013 Iris sp. aff. reichenbachii ex Vardar
Gorge Dollop of Cream 6 2 20 S026 I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos Royal Wonder 6 1 15 Q040 Merlin's Magic Royal Wonder 35 17 135 A026 I. paradoxa atrata Merlin's Magic 1 0 B029 I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos Merlin's Magic 15 0 B030 Tadzhiki Bandit I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 18 11 26 Q041 Werckmeister's Beauty I. pumila P002-13 8 5 8 S027 Kaching I. subbiflora S004-01 6 4 113 B022 Ahlburg Merlin's Magic 38 0 Q042 Dunshanbe Royal Wonder 2 2 5 T059 Saucy I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 11 8 155 B031 Slick Tadzhiki Bandit 15 0 S028 Eye of the Tiger S006-01 2 2 46 Q043 Ballalaika Music I. pumila P011-02 1 1 0 Q044 Network Little Drummer Boy 2 1 12 B014 Night Mood Werckmeister's Beauty 40 1 7 B032 Chocolate I. junonia T011-01 6 0 T060 Night Mood I. reichenbachii T009-02 4 1 9 T061 Date With Destiny I. junonia T011-01 8 0 B033 Tic Tac Toe Chocolate 10 0 S029 Tic Tac Toe Wild Whispers 3 3 27 T062 Tic Tac Toe I. reichenbachii Mt. Vikos 3 2 14 S030 Bundle of Love I. pumila P002-13 6 1 8 Q044 Vera I. pumila P011-01 3 0 B034 Sultry Dreams Vera 4 0 P054 I. pumila P002-13 unknown 70
September 2010
Updated September 2019
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