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Juno Hybridizing Results

Year

Tried Successful Seeds #/Pod

1983

11 7 (64%) gave 139 19.9

1984

36 15 (42%) gave 365 24.3

1985

none - coll. in Turkey

1986

none - coll. in Turkey

1987

132 16 (12%) gave 118 7.4

1988

59 19 (33%) gave 389 20.5

1989

182 38 (21%) gave 655 17.2

1990

385 101 (26%) gave 1462 14.5

1991

846 320 (38%) gave 4629 14.5

1992

767 309 (40%) gave 4881 15.8

1993

507 225 (44%) gave 2871+ 12.8

1994

622 361 (58%) gave 6690+ 18.5

1995

648 414 (64%) gave 7900+ 19.1

1996

574 306 (53%) gave 5013 16.3

1997

519 293 (56%) gave 6596 12.7

1998

417 171 (41%) gave 3151 18.4

1999

355 177 (50%) gave 3085 17.5

2000

234 71 (30%) gave 1120 15.8

2001

278 116 (42%) gave 1939 16.4

2002

286 79 (28%) gave 1460 18.5

 

Not analysed after 2002

 

Overall Reticulata Hybridizing Results

 

Year

Tried Successful Seeds #/Pod

 

1983

78 19 (24%) gave 106 5.6

 

1984

249 97 (39%) gave 1751 18.1

 

1985

290 130 (45%) gave 1452 11.2

 

1986

170 75 (44%) gave 564 7.5

 

1987

271 96 (35%) gave 1162 12.1

 

1988

295 63 (21%) gave 1280 20.3

 

1989

175 64 (37%) gave 997 15.6

 

1990

245 93 (38%) gave 945 10.2

 

1991

281 123 (44%) gave 1965 16.0

 

1992

495 265 (54%) gave 3952 14.9

 

1993

480 278 (58%) gave 3978 14.3

 

1994

639 371 (58%) gave 5943 16.0

 

1995

538 297 (55%) gave 3528 11.9

 

1996

823 486 (59%) gave 6242 12.8

Bee Seed

1997

895 400 (45%) gave 5116 12.8

Pods Seeds #/Pod

1998

845 564 (67%) gave 9062 16.1

241 gave 3022 12.5

1999

1120 721 (64%) gave 9864 13.7

210 gave 2586 12.3

2000

957 517 (54%) gave 6336 12.3

419 gave 5642 13.5

2001

1099 575 (52%) gave 8860 15.4

473 gave 6647 14.1

2002

1325 518 (39%) gave 7476 14.4

(none!)

2003

1199 496 (41%) gave 6428 13.0

(none!)

2004

468 167 (36%) gave 3143 18.8

940 gave 11381 12.1

2005

465 196 (42%) gave 3455 17.6

829 gave 10651 12.8

2006

496 198 (39%) gave 3601 18.2

552 gave 7106 12.8

2007

477 94 (20%) gave 1058 11.3

107 gave 1543 14.4

2008

388 158 (41%) gave 2489 15.7

141 gave 2172 15.4

2009

1401 434 (11%) gave 5746 13.2

25 gave 68 8.5

2010

614 113 (19%) gave 1737 15.4

20 gave 270 13.5

2011

636 329 (52%) gave 5684 17.3

16 gave 165 11.8

2012

692 221 (32%) gave 3360 15.3

221 gave 3006 13.8

2013

808 341 (42%) gave 5467 16.0

40 gave 355 11.4

2014

964 453 (47%) gave 6034 13.3

113 gave 1185 11.0

2015

688 169 (25%) gave 2086 12.3

51 gave 423 8.3

2016

508 199 (39%) gave 3287 16.5

4 gave 34 8.5

2017

724 308 (43%) gave 4966 16.1

28 gave 325 11.6

2018

631 137 (22%) gave 1645 12.0

7 gave 85 12.1

Total

21,910 9,334 (43%) gave 136,472

4474 gave 58,206

 

Note: starting in 2014, bee seed to be sold is not included in 'Bee Seed'.

Of the 1185 bee seeds in 2014, 532 were from F1 "Just Blues", and the majority of the remainder were from higher level crosses involving Iris danfordiae.

In 2014 over 7,000 seeds were planted (6034 + 1185)

 

 

 

The hybridizing statistics on the following pages have not been updated because they don't have the same significance that they once did.

 

 


Note: no double counting has been done in the table below

 

Çat x danfordiae: 88-AX-1/2/3

 

As Pod Parent

As Pollen Parent

 

x self

With s x d or danf. Pollen

Using Other Pollen

On s x d Pods

On danfordiae Pods

Onto Other Pods

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

1995

- -

1 0 -

- -

- -

3 3 [100%] gave 26

6 2 [33%] gave 36

1997

- -

1 1 gave 3

- -

3 1 [33%] gave 24

1 0 -

3 2 [67%] gave 23

1998

3 3 [100%] gave 24

1 0 -

- -

14 8 [57%] gave 188

5 5 [100%] gave 150

3 2 [67%] gave 26

1999

2 2 [100%] gave 11

2 2 [100%] gave 13

1 1 [100%] gave 18

35 25 [71%] gave 290

1 0 -

12 7 [58%] gave 62

2000

- -

2 2 [100%] gave 26

- -

21 8 [38%] gave 65

1 1 [100%] gave 8

5 1 [20%] gave 25

2001

- -

3 3 [100%] gave 69

- -

37 16 [43%] gave 285

1 1 [100%] gave 16

- -

2003

- -

3 2 [66%] gave 16

- -

42 12 [29%] gave 134

- -

- -

2004

- -

2 0 -

- -

2 1 [50%] gave 20

- -

- -

2005

- -

1 0 -

- -

6 4 [67%] gave 85

- -

- -

2006

- -

1 1 [100%] gave 13

- -

- -

- -

- -

 

 

Diploid danfordiae

 

As Pod Parent

As Pollen Parent

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

1986

1 0 -

9 2 [22%] gave 8

1987

1 0 -

18 4 [22%] gave 89

1988

4 1 [25%] gave 19

57 21 [37%] gave 341

1989

4 2 [50%] gave 17

34 14 [41%] gave 272

1990

1 1 gave 9

10 6 [60%] gave 101

1991

23 19 [83%] gave 318

63 30 [48%] gave 474

1992

49 33 [67%] gave 459

75 38 [51%] gave 672

1993

22 2 [9%] gave 5

31 15 [48%] gave 270

1994

32 16 [50%] gave 218

34 15 [44%] gave 307

1995

16 12 [75%] gave 117

30 21 [70%] gave 340

1996

23 7 [30%] gave 89

45 27 [60%] gave 468

1997

10 7 [70%] gave 96

43 23 [53%] gave 485

1998

25 14 [56%] gave 352

109 75 [69%] gave 1310

1999

8 5 [63%] gave 72

38 20 [53%] gave 322

2000

18 15 [83%] gave 201

35 16 [46%] gave 211

2001

11 8 [73%] gave 147

38 22 [59%] gave 366

2002

11 5 [45%] gave 73

36 7 [19%] gave 62

2003

7 4 [57%] gave 64

- -

2004

7 1 [14%] gave 10

- -

2005

- -

- -

 

 

Iris winogradowii

 

As Pod Parent

As Pollen Parent

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

1990

2 0 -

14 3 [21%] gave 23

1992

5 1 [20%] gave 12[1]

36 20 [56%] gave 308

1997

3 0 -

38 4 [11%] gave 14[2]

1998

11 3 [27%] gave 4

98 54 [55%] gave 646

1999

2 0 -

6 1 [17%] gave 7

2002

3 0 -

0 -

2003

1 0 -

20 9 [45%] gave 133

 

 

 

Armenian Caucasus Alba

 

As Pod Parent

As Pollen Parent

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

1994

1 1 gave 15

16 8 [50%] gave 61

1995

1 0 -

10 6 [60%] gave 47

1998

1 1 gave 16

13 6 [46%] gave 94

1999

1 1 gave 15

28 19 [68%] gave 452

2003

1 1 gave 5

17 12 [71%] gave 204

2004

1 1 gave 8

10 4 [40%] gave 62

 

 

 

Iran Ameona

 

As Pod Parent

As Pollen Parent

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

2000

2 0 -

26 10 [38%] gave 98

2001

1 0 -

9 2 [22%] gave 18

 


Note: no double counting has been done in the sxd F1, F2, F3, and miscellaneous cross tables on the next 3 pages. All of the tables taken together apply to each year's data as a whole.

 

 

 

 

Iris x mcmurtriei (sophenensis x danfordiae) - F1 Crosses

 

 

 

 

Used s x d Pollen

s x d Pod Parents[3]

F2 = F1 x F1[4]

danfordiae x (s x d)

(s x d) x danfordiae

Year

Blooms[5]

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

1994

16

3 2 [66%] gave 27

2 1 [50%] gave 1

14 10 [71%] gave 130

- -

- -

1995

36

66 31 [47%] gave 266

13 7 [54%] gave 53

19 17 [89%] gave 232

4 2 [50%] gave 14

2 2 [100] gave 55

1996

88

62 38 [61%] gave 557

66 35 [53%] gave 222

16 6 [38%] gave 76

4 1 [25%] gave 31

9 4 [44%] gave 77

1997

126

37 21 [57%] gave 247

45 8 [18%] gave 58

71 33 [46%] gave 689

4 2 [50%] gave 52

19 12 [63%] gave 301

1998

262

27 13 [48%] gave 173

49 32 [65%] gave 282

63 57 [90%] gave 965

4 2 [50%] gave 31

31 24 [77%] gave 495

1999

340

46 28 [61%] gave 492

78 34 [44%] gave 199

182 129 [71%] gave 1465

1 1 [100] gave 11

13 9 [69%] gave 121

2000

306

161 67 [42%] gave 715

43 10 [23%] gave 52

98 33 [34%] gave 256

8 6 [75%] gave 52

31 14 [45%] gave 177

2001

>1000

51 29 [57%] gave 299

221 91 [41%] gave 1232

242 144 [60%] gave 2145

1 0 -

37 22 [59%] gave 366

2002

>1000

7 3 [43%] gave 14

16 7 [44%] gave 130

89 30 [34%] gave 444

- -

36 7 [19%] gave 62

2003

>1000

4 0 -

4 0 -

17 13 [76%] gave 110

- -

- -

2004

>1000

- -

7 3 [43%] gave 49

27 26 [96%] gave 296

- -

- -

2005

>1000

- -

7 1 [14%] gave 3

7 4 [57%] gave 12

- -

- -

2006

>1000

- -

13 1 [8%] gave 9

4 3 [75%] gave 22

- -

- -

2007

>100

- -

8 2 [25%] gave 15

- -

- -

- -

 

 

 

Iris x mcmurtriei (sophenensis x danfordiae) - F1 Crosses cont.

 

 

F1 x F2

F1 x Compound[6]

F1 x Çat

F1 x sophenensis

 

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

1997

- -

3 1 [33%] gave 24

- -

- -

1998

- -

15 9 [60%] gave 188

- -

- -

1999

26 20 [77%] gave 332

35 25 [71%] gave 290

1 1 [100] gave 9

- -

2000

82 40 [49%] gave 510

22 9 [41%] gave 65

- -

- -

2001

229 110 [48%] gave 1818

38 16 [42%] gave 283

32 15 [47%] gave 203

- -

2002

601 169 [28%] gave 2173

57 20 [35%] gave 268

10 6 [60%] gave 82

12 5 [42%] gave 70

2003

324 65 [20%] gave 624

195 57 [29%] gave 589

24 2 [8%] gave 18

5 1 [20%] gave 16

2004

15 6 [40%] gave 101

74 17 [23%] gave 226

- -

- -

2005

107 20 [20%] gave 134

44 15 [34%] gave 180

- -

- -

2006

110 28 [25%] gave 362

30 8 [27%] gave 136

- -

- -

2007

111 23 [21%] gave 220

23 5 [22%] gave 42

- -

- -


 

 


 

 

 

Iris x mcmurtriei (sophenensis x danfordiae) - F2 Crosses

 

 

Used F2 Pollen

F2 Pod Parents[7]

F3 = F2 x F2

danfordiae x F2

F2 x danfordiae

Year

Blooms[8]

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

1999

2

1 1 [100] gave 8

- -

2 0 -

4 3 [67%] gave 59

- -

2000

8

8 3 [38%] gave 16

- -

8 6 [75%] gave 98

8 7 [87%] gave 131

- -

2001

27

12 8 [67%] gave 126

- -

22 16 [73%] gave 267

8 6 [75%] gave 116

- -

2002

67

5 0 -

- -

58 20 [34%] gave 275

7 4 [57%] gave 57

- -

2003

148

30 4 [13%] gave 171

3 2 [67%] gave 19

62 30 [48%] gave 383

2 2 [100] gave 38

- -

2004

296

14 4 [29%] gave 32

- -

84 35 [42%] gave 769

- -

- -

2005

262

16 6 [38%] gave 119

9 5 [56%] gave 90

134 85 [63%] gave 1732

- -

- -

2006

241

29 9 [31%] gave 169

8 2 [25%] gave 23

158 74 [47%] gave 1371

- -

- -

2007

269

18 1 [6%] gave 15

11 2 [18%] gave 24

139 26 [19%] gave 307

- -

- -

 

 

 

Iris x mcmurtriei (sophenensis x danfordiae) - F2 Crosses cont.

 

F2 x F1

Compound x F2

F2 x Compound

Çat x F2

sophenensis x F2

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

1999

- -

- -

- -

- -

- -

2000

- -

2 2 [100] gave 26

- -

- -

- -

2001

1 0 -

3 3 [100] gave 69

- -

2 1 [50%] gave 42

- -

2002

- -

1 0 -

10 1 [13%] gave 15

4 1 [25%] gave 17

3 1 [33%] gave 5

2003

1 1 [100] gave 4

14 10 [71%] gave 237

51 27 [53%] gave 353

1 1 [100] gave 5

8 0 -

2004

8 6 [75%] gave 58

18 5 [28%] gave 135

107 39 [36%] gave 747

- -

- -

2005

3 3 [100] gave 14

22 9 [41%] gave 189

77 40 [52%] gave 847

- -

2 1 [50%] - 27

2006

11 10 [91%] gave 153

16 12 [75%] gave 270

29 16 [55%] gave 315

1 1 [100] gave 13

1 0 -

2007

4 3 [75%] gave 65

20 8 [40%] gave 115

70 13 [19%] gave 204

- -

1 0 -

 

 

 

 

 

Iris x mcmurtriei (sophenensis x danfordiae) - Miscellaneous Crosses

 

 

danfordiae x Compound

Compound x Compound

Çat x Compound

sophenensis x Compound

Çat x sophenensis

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

2002

4 1 [25%] gave 16

3 1 [33%] gave 19

- -

- -

2 0 -

2003

5 2 [40%] gave 26

9 8 [89%] gave 88

- -

9 5 [56%] gave 98

- -

2004

7 1 [14%] gave 10

36 19 [53%] gave 459

3 2 [67%] gave 18

5 1 [20%] gave 18

- -

2005

- -

17 10 [59%] gave 127

- -

- -

- -

2006

- -

4 1 [25%] gave 44

- -

1 0 -

- -

2007

1 0 -

4 2 [50%] gave 15

- -

1 0 -

- -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iris x mcmurtriei (sophenensis x danfordiae) - F3 Crosses

 

 

Used F3 Pollen

F3 Pod Parents[9]

F4 = F3 x F3

F3 x F2

F2 x F3

Year

Blooms

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

2006

4

1 0 -

- -

- -

3 1 [33%] gave 10

10 5 [50%] gave 46

2007

10

- -

- -

- -

3 0 -

14 1 [7%] gave 10

 

 

 

Iris x mcmurtriei (sophenensis x danfordiae) - F3 Crosses cont.

 

F3 x F1

F1 x F3

F3 x Compound

Compound x F3

 

Year

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

Tried Successful Seeds

2006

1 1 [100] gave 7

4 1 [25%] gave 20

- -

1 1 [100] gave 6

-

2007

- -

4 1 [25%] gave 8

1 0 -

4 2 [50%] gave 31

-

 

 

 

 

 

 



[1] Seeds were soft and may not have been good.

[2] Cross onto histrioides gave 11 of these, plus one each were from two crosses onto diploid danfordiae.

[3] Sophenensis x danfordiae pod parent with pollen from other Retics.

[4] Sophenensis x danfordiae clones intercrossed (should bring out a wider range of expressions in the F2 generation).

[5] Not counting those of bulbs given out for testing: ?# 1997; 20 in 1998

[6] Compound = multi generation within danfordiae, sophenensis, and Çat

[7] Sophenensis x danfordiae F2 pod parent with pollen from other Retics.

[8] F2 and Compound blooms

[9] Sophenensis x danfordiae F2 pod parent with pollen from other Retics.



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