Besides the fan blooming, there are 16 fans.  The primary and

first increase are rhizome relics, so it probably at least tried to

bloom last year sometime.  My best guess is primary disappeared

over the winter of 2010/11 and largest increase did the same last

fall/winter after the 3 week record summer heat and drought.  A good

illustration of why I keep these things around so long.  Durn weather!

 

Of course that's just conjecture...  But I've composted some rebloomers

out of Winesap, so it would make sense.

 

Gobs of pollen, like every redish thing here.  Only 4 days in, but looks

like a pod by 06-1ARE: Immortality X Wearing Rubies, a short, early RE

yellow posted 9/14/08 that has lots of buds and branches.  Now that

you guys have me thinking this one reblooms, I'll be putting something 

fancy on the last 2 blooms. Thanks for that!

 

The beard color is hard, dark orange-ish.  Not exactly tangerine.  A far

cry from Winesap's beard color and width, though. 

 

IDIS show this Saturday at Holliday Park in Indianapolis.  Going to be

pretty much a beardless show.

 

Nice seedlings, Robert!  Particularly like that space-ager.

 

Mary Lou, near Indianapolis, Z5