Re: HYB: Renown offspring?

In a message dated 7/18/2004 9:03:33 AM Central Standard Time, 
lmann@volfirst.net writes:

> I got pods on RENOWN (1992) from several pollen parents

Renown is half Violet Miracle, quarter Victoria Falls, one eight Sister Helen 
& one eight I DO.  

Renown is the pollen parent of Vanishing Act. I've seen no indication of rot 
with VA.  Never grew anything with Renown as the pod parent.  VA's pod parent 
was one of many delicate and light colored children from Laced Cotton and 
Autumn Encore.  Some were lovely cream with light brownish plicata bands.  They 
were a prolific bunch with many bloom stalks.  

RENOWN contributed taller and bigger stalks with larger blooms but lost some 
of the laced look.  However, many of the siblings retained the height and 
coloring of the pod parent.  Rebloom probably comes from both Autumn Encore and 
Renown, but was not expressed in the pod parent during the years I grew it.  

I would be most interested to see what the Renown X Champaign Elegance cross 
will do.  If you decide not to pursue this cross, you can just send the seed 
to me!  (I didn't get many seed this year either!) I would hesitate to even 
guess at the outcome.

Making a good home for any unwanted/discarded rebloom seeds!
Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6 
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