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May 11, 2021 9:19 PM CST
Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
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The original IB crosses were between TBs & SDBs. Therefore an odd chromosome count which most of the time made them infertile. BBs are 48 ch. like the TBs so are u sually more fertile. Note I said usually. IBs often have smaller flowers.


Thumb of 2021-05-12/irisarian/a325c0 IB Arazzi.


Thumb of 2021-05-12/irisarian/2f50c4 BB Hi Buddy

The flowers here look the same size, but BB is a bit larger. BBs usually bloom after the original IBs, but more complicated linage can change that. The SDB parent of an IB causes earlier bloom. Hope this is helpful.

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