Re: RE: OT: ID a Tree & rebloom news

Just to be a bit of a rebel here.
 
'Lady Emma' resides with the old IB's in my beds, where it fits in quite nicely.
 
Regardless of registration, I consider 'Lady Emma' to be an IB, but my definition does not restrict itself to only measurements of stalk and flower, and I am more concerned with the plants than what the lists say.  I don't remember the chromosome count of 'Lady Emma', but I believe it is of the 44 (or close) type of ancestry and it's behavior (early flowering, reblooming) and morphology are not like the older diploid MTB's.  It flowers a full month to even six weeks before the diploid MTB's here.  The newer tetraploid MTB's (different ancestry) may have a similar calendar to 'Lady Emma' (but still not quite as early), but they are quite different too.
 
I know that 'Lady Emma' appears in most lists (including the AIS check list?) as an MTB, and so will continue to appear in sales lists and shows as an MTB.
 
I don't have my AIS checklists, the chromosome count, nor the parentage of 'Lady Emma' handy; so, these comments have the uncertainty of being from memory too.
 
Please correct me if any of this is wrong.
 
Dave
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Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] RE: OT: ID a Tree & rebloom news


On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:30 PM, tmilchh@aol.com wrote:

The only rebloom I have had is LADY EMMA , a yellow IB with 4 stalks blooming. I want more!!!!! I will keep an eye out for ROSILIE FIGGE. She bloomed this Spring for the first time. I also want bloom on DAUGHTER OF STARS , BABY BLESSED (IB)

Just to help you keep your records straight, Annette, LADY EMMA is an MTB, and BABY BLESSED is an SDB.

I sure wish I could enjoy rebloom up here, but it's rare, indeed, that any iris can manage such a feat here in zone 3b.

Laurie
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