Thanks Chuck for the feed back.
Here are some news from my favorites, the IBs,
since not much data seems to be available, i thought it might interest
you.
What do you think of Low Ho Silver
=(Howdy Do X Baby
Blessed)
Have you ever tried to use it?
It's a very early bloomer here, early
rebloomer ( begining of July) and my best re-rebloomer too.
I was sterile for many years ( i tried hundreds of
crosses on this one!)
but last autumn it set pods!!!
Here is what i got:
| pod |
pol |
froz |
seeds |
| low ho silver |
cameo blush |
|
10 |
| low ho silver |
cry baby |
|
5 |
| low ho silver |
dark crystal |
|
10 |
| low ho silver |
immortality |
|
2 |
| low ho silver |
juicy fruit |
|
3 |
| low ho silver |
just teasing |
|
2 |
| low ho silver |
speed limit |
|
2 |
| low ho silver |
TT05-09d= cerf-Volant X Liaison |
|
3 |
The number of seeds is not much, and they might never germinate, no pod
with Forever Blue's pollen neither, but who knows, i might get lucky with one of
the crosses...
There is also Angel Heart =(Coral Charmer X Be Happy ),
that reblooms regularly at the end of June, then again later,and has set
pods ,for the frst time in years also, last autumn:
| pod |
pol |
froz |
seeds |
| angel heart |
banana cream |
|
29 |
| angel heart |
bounce back |
+ |
4 |
| angel heart |
cameo blush |
|
25 |
| angel heart |
conjuration |
+ |
14 |
| angel heart |
cry baby |
|
3 |
| angel heart |
eternal bliss |
|
23 |
| angel heart |
gypsy boy |
|
20 |
| angel heart |
i'm back |
|
12 |
| angel heart |
popstar |
|
9 |
And my third big hope comes from I'll Be Back =(Joe Cool X
Eternal Bliss) that starts to reblooom early August and has been a fabulous
mother:
| pod |
pol |
froz |
seeds |
| i'll be back |
again and again |
|
20 |
| i'll be back |
detroit city |
+ |
17 |
| i'll be back |
duke of earl |
|
8 |
| i'll be back |
eternal bliss |
|
12 |
| i'll be back |
honey scoop |
|
12 |
| i'll be back |
i'm back |
|
5 |
| i'll be back |
mukadam |
+ |
4 |
| i'll be back |
TT05-09d = cerf-Volant X Liaison |
+ |
10 |
| i'll be back |
what again |
|
25 |
Many more crosses with the medians, but these 3 seem to be very promissing
since they are reliable early and multiple rebloomers here in Holland!
Loic
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Loïc
TASQUIER
who, like Betty, could die (or kill...)
for a repeat, cycle & everblooming / continuous / non-daylight
dependant rebloomer!
zone 7 - Nederland
Email : tasquierloic@cs.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:41
PM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: Hyb: Daylight
Independent
Lotic,
Of your crosses with Forever Blue, I would watch the crosses with
Cry
Baby, Eternal Bliss and Breakers for first generation rebloom, but I
would look for late Fall rebloom rather then the Daylight Independent
typoe.
For the other crosses I would select the strongest growers
and hardiest
plants for a second generation cross.
FB will rebloom
for almost the entire growing season, every day, and
has done so a number
of years for me. It starts here usually May 15th
and is usually the first
of the SDBto bloom. It then stays in bloom
until near the end of June,
just when the TBs are finishing. It then
usually takes a break for a week
and then starts up again.
Exceptionally hot and dry weather will disrupt
this performance. It
does this best if divided every two years. After that
it's phenomenal
increase will crowd it too much.
Immortality blooms
here near the end of May, one of the first TB to
bloom. Rebloom is usually
mid to late August, which seems to be a
reflection of daylight hours
(around summer soltice) that is the same
as spring bloom. A much different
pattern then what I get with Forever
Blue. And many trials tell me it is a
different biological trigger for
rebloom then what we get with the sort of
summer rebloom that doesn't
start until much later. A similar rebloom (as
what we get with FB)
would mean a rebloom starting a week or two after the
spring rebloom
finishes. We just don't get anything like this with any TB.
A different
biological trigger.
To get more rebloomers like
Immortality and Queen Dorothy, you would
select for early spring bloom.
Keep track of the earliest bloomers (
that rebloom or carry rebloom genes)
and breed these to each other.
The same would seem to apply to the FB type
of rebloomers but it
doesn't seem to be as necessary as some of them are a
bit later with
their spring bloom.
Chuck
Chapman
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