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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

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

383 158 (41%) gave 2489 15.7

141 gave 2172 15.4

2009

 

 

 

 

 

Total

14,339 6630 (46%) gave 96,468

3912 gave 50,750

 

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

- -

- -

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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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