(AB) 'Ylo'
1926, Sturtevant
'Ylo' (
Grace Sturtevant, 1926). DB, 9" (23 cm), Early bloom. Color Code-Y4M. Pure lemon yellow self; yellow beards. Parentage unknown. Sturtevant 1926. Honorable Mention 1951.
Note: The 1976 Dwarf Iris Society Checklist has
'Arenaria' X
I. chamaeiris' as parents.
Note: Also listed in Mdb web:
'Ylo'.
Note: This iris has not been accepted as an arilbred by the Aril Society International because it does not exhibit the aril characteristics necessary for ASI acceptance.
See below:
From Supplement To The Comprehensive Checklist of Aril and Arilbred Iris by Sharon McAllister, April 2000: YLO Disenrolled. (Grace Sturtevant, R. 1926). Seedling # NIA. DB, E. I. arenaria X I. chamaeiris. AIS Color Class: Y4M (medium yellow self). Vallette: "flaring lemon yellow." No information onintroduction. Notes: An RB in both the quantum system and the chromosome-set system, until the modified Mathew system was adopted and I arenaria was reclassified as a Psammiris. Ref: AIS '39, p. 575; Vallette, p. 173. |
From Glen Road Iris Garden catalog, 1926: YLO (Sturt. 1926) This is a little lemon yellow pumila, fine for a border, and unlike most, of the early yellows it has flaring falls; from 4 to 10 in. 1.OO. |
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