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RE: Re: PCI seedlings

Hi Gareth

 

Can we swap some of your rain for some of our drought?

 

Here’s a PC seedling from Ghio seed, that is a keeper.

 

 

Colleen Modra

Adelaide Hills

South Australia

 

 

 

From: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iris-photos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gareth Winter
Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2007 1:47 PM
To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: PCI seedlings

 


It has been a terrible year for PCIs in Wairarapa, New Zealand.  We should be at the peak of the flowering season but the weather has conspired against us this year. We had a bad late frost and it has badly affected the stems on most of the PCIs.  They have a weak point just below the bud, and as they come up and start to flower they fall over.
We have also been having a period of bad winds (up to 140km predicted for tonight) so you can imagine what things look like - ripped petals and even some damaged foliage.

The rain associated with the windstorms hasn't been that kind to the flowers either.
Still, there are a few nice flowers out.  This is a seedling from open pollinated 'Sojourner'.  I have a number in this colour range from other breeding but they tend to be a bit pinker than this.

I'm hoping to have some more interesting flowers later on.

 

Gareth WinterWeb Bug from http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=43451/grpspId=1707632694/msgId=40186/stime=1192506532/nc1=3848607/nc2=4936877/nc3=4834088

 


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