Kidnapped

kHT · Post by **kHT** » May 23, 2008 1:55 pm

A few years ago I

kidnapped

a seedpod from a friend's Historical Iris Stepping Out and when I went out today look what I found. I know it was open pollinated and the only one to come up as we had to move this one to safety when we took out the trees. I about fainted as we just moved her a month ago and no buds were on her.
This pod was in the middle of a huge clump so it wasn't missed.

Garden_of_Mu · Post by **Garden_of_Mu** » May 23, 2008 3:07 pm

Now that is a better looking seedling. The falls have a nice flare and the yellow beard looks very nice with the lighter version of SO's color and pattern.

kHT · Post by **kHT** » May 23, 2008 3:50 pm

Thanks Mike, I'm going to keep this one privately.

What ya think of this one cross with Hello Darkness?

largosmom · Post by **largosmom** » May 23, 2008 8:57 pm

Wow, that is really pretty!

Laura

John · Post by **John** » May 23, 2008 9:09 pm

Now THAT is a keeper! As Mike said, nice color variation on its pod parent. I grow SO, and it multiplies very nicely.

akita · Post by **akita** » May 23, 2008 11:03 pm

Can you show us more of the stalk on this seedling? Are there any branches? Estimated bud count? Just curious....

kHT · Post by **kHT** » May 24, 2008 10:35 am

akita, I dropped what appeared to be 4 viable seeds from the pod and it was up in the area where we removed some trees. I had to move it fast and so it got laid in an area where it's not it's permanent home. I was shocked to see 3 fans coming up. It has 5 buds besides this bloom and the stalk is really sturdy. The fans are burnt some dur to the move and I'll try to get a shot of it later for you. I had enough juice this morning for just a couple shots of something else. Forgot to charge them last night, sorry.

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » May 24, 2008 11:29 pm

Love it!

Patrushka · Post by **Patrushka** » May 25, 2008 12:14 am

Wow! Very nice Karma.