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Jun 17, 2013 9:08 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
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The blues and whites do seem to be related, but I get white seedlings from all sorts of crosses. For example, these two came from blue(ish) parents:

10T-03b
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11T-20q
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But, these came from Twilight of the Gods (an orange iris):

11T-25b
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10T-05a
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The 11T-25 cross was kind of interesting, it also produced:

11T-25e
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11T-25f
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Another white seedling came from Magical X Wintry Sky.

11T-14a
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This wasn't at all what I was hoping for from this cross, but I'm sure I'll keep it, maybe as much out of stubbornness as anything. Hilarious! I've crossed Wintry Sky and Magical at least a half dozen times, and gotten just two pods that produced less than ten seeds between them, only one of which germinated. It's kind of a dull color, but it does have really nice form and substance. It's fertile, too, so it may prove useful. Will probably keep 10T-05a, at least for a while, just because it was my daughter's favorite.
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