REB: What Qualifies for a Rebloom Report?

Hello All,

I recently received my Reblooming Iris Recorder with a rebloom report 
form enclosed.  Unfortunately, the report form did not include any 
instructions, so I was left wondering exactly what qualifies as 
legitimate rebloom for an official RIS rebloom report.  I have 
privately contacted both Rosalie Figge and Charlie Brown for help with 
my questions, and they have both given generously of their time and 
experience to share their views with me.  I am left with the 
impression, however, that there really are no definitive established 
RIS guidelines as relate to my questions, so I thought I'd throw my 
questions out to all of you on iris-talk to see how you handle RIS 
rebloom reports.  Here goes ...

Which of the following would you include in an official RIS rebloom 
report?

1.  an iris purchased from a grower outside of your area, planted 
during the summer into your garden, and blooming that same fall in 
your garden (example: I purchased a number of rebloomers from CA last 
summer which then bloomed in my garden last fall.  Do I report those 
as MN rebloom?)

2.  an iris purchased from a grower outside of your area, planted 
during the summer into your garden, and blooming the *next* spring and 
fall in your garden 

3.  an iris listed in the Reblooming Checklist as a rebloomer, but 
which blooms in your garden *only* in the fall and *not* in the spring

4.  a stalk which must be protected from fall frost in the garden in 
order to give it time to rebloom

5.  a stalk which must be cut and brought inside in bud stage to bloom 
indoors because of potentially fatal fall weather

6.  a stalk which manages to open only one cold-damaged and deformed 
bloom before frost kills the rest of the stalk

If you can think of any other reblooming variables which I have 
overlooked, please feel free to comment on them as well.  I am hoping 
to have some "legitimate" rebloom next year, but I won't know for sure 
until I understand exactly what "legitimate" is!

Thank
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