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How many of you home grown irisers plan on registering iris. And by home grown, that is not an insult, as I see many that are much prettier than the registered ones.
And do you know what it takes to register an iris? I think the hardest part is finding someplace on the internet to display it.
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake, Arkansas, zone 7 The Magnolia Zone
I am not a hybridizer for many reasons but I agree that some of the seedlings posted here are absolutely gorgeous. I know there are many more reasons besides a beautiful bloom that goes into the decisions of which irises make the cut and which goes into the compost. Since I am interested in all things iris I am interested in how hybridizers make their decisions. I like to know how irises get their names also. We have a local (central AR) hybridizers that will attend the CAIS with a slide show of his new irises and ask the group for names. The entire process is very interesting and sometimes the back story makes me feel more familiar with my favorite iris. smiles
Well I can only dream of coming up with something worth registering. Two rows of Japanese iris coming into bloom now. It is hard to get something "different"! Especially when I can't grow out a lot of seedlings (space deficient here). I am getting my first pinks though and I am happy about that! If I live long enough to come up with something presentable I would look into registering it.
A pretty flower isn't the only reason to introduced a plant. How a plant grows, bud count, do flowers interfere with each other when they open, difference with what is out? I think the easiest as far as difference might be the plicatas, they make look similar, but with subtle differences. but not all of them are good growers.
I have two iris I want to register this year. I want to name them after family members. That might not be the usual reason for registering but I think it would be very special to honor these two family members with iris that I named after them.
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake, Arkansas, zone 7 The Magnolia Zone
Paul, it seems like a gift in your case. Some try all their lives and never get anything as lovely as your seedling. Like I stated before I don't know all the criteria but if it was just based on a bloom you have created a winner.
I was thinking of taking a try at hybridizing next year, or (most likely) the year after. Is there a good book to read about what crosses produce what? Which are the dominate and recessive traits, etc.. I don't want to jump in unless I know what I'm "trying" to create.
I have 3 bee pods this year, so I'm going to play around with germinating these seeds. I'd rather learn by mistake on these seeds, before I kill something I want to see.
...Arlyn
