AR: SATAN'S MISTRESS was CULT: Arilbred Dormancy
- Subject: AR: SATAN'S MISTRESS was CULT: Arilbred Dormancy
- From: d*@eastland.net
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 16:24:30 GMT
I believe that with an I. korolkowii grandparent, SM would
be 1/4th instead of 1/8th. It was registered as a TB and
does not show visible aril characteristics, but genetically
it would be a true RB- arilbred (only regelia in the
background)
> > SATAN'S MISTRESS, 1/8th, has a tendency to go dormant
out in the field, but
> > up close to the house where she gets more water, she
stays green.
For me, it does not go dormant, though nearly all my
arilbreds do so with a couple of exceptions. With cooler,
damper weather than usual, they have been slower to go
dormant this year, but currently about half have no green
foliage left. About 1/4 or more are semi-dormant - some
green showing but mostly yellowing leaves. The rest are
about the same as the TBs - not much active growth, but
what the grasshoppers haven't eaten is still green. The
higher content arilbreds go dormant first usually, but
after that I haven't been able to tell much difference as
to the aril content. At least one that goes dormant
reluctantly has high aril content. In hot dry weather,
which I've had for the last several years, I could count on
one hand those that retained some green by the end of July,
no matter the percentage of aril in them.
> Thanks Walter. This is a wealth of information. Side
note: I smeared a lot of
> Satan's Mistress pollen this year. Did not know it to be
arilbred, just liked
> the black and amount of pollen (intuitive hybridizing).
I've used it. Some nice things in some crosses, some not
so nice this year (tip <G> - don't use it on VANITY). It
did seem to pass on its resistance to late cold snaps to a
number (but not all) of its seedlings.
I dormancy may be a two-edged sword. For the grasshoppers
and drought, it has been a boon to the plants. Currently,
with a lot of rain, I wonder if I won't lose many dormant
ones to rot since they won't have any means of losing the
moisture the rhizomes collect.
Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA
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