Re: HYB:Maiden bloom:Anomalies

In a message dated 7/24/2007 11:00:13 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
irisgrower@cableone.net writes:

<<I don't have a clue as to what you are really talking  about.  But to me the
maiden bloom is the first bloom it actually  blooms. But I'm not a 
hybridizer>>
 
Linda,  
 
Sorry!   Sometimes I jump right into the middle of things instead  of the 
beginning.  Other times I just figure I've bored people enough  already with my 
experiences!  
 
For you and others that aren't hybridizers (or don't have hybridizing clues  
. . . ) ?  <vbg>
 
Maiden Bloom is the first bloom of a new seedling.  
 
Maiden bloom anomalies are things that happen with that first bloom that  
does not happen in later blooms from the same seedling.  Some of us aren't  sure 
why this happens, but it was suggested that this is the result of chemical  
compounds contained in the seed, but not a part of the genetic blue print.   
Should be in the archives somewhere.  I'm not a plant scientist, and my  
knowledge is rather general in nature. 
 
A couple of early examples where I embarrassed myself with maiden bloom  
anomalies?  
 
There was a gorgeous laced yellow seedling with terrific substance and a  
bright lavender beard!  It was short but I figured it would outgrow that in  
later years.  LOVED the bloom.  I even sent a piece of it to Lloyd Z.  to grow!  
The only excuse I have is that I was a newbie.  I'd only  been making crosses 
for 4 years and hadn't bloomed enough seedlings??  The  next year it remained 
the same except it had a yellow beard and a lavender flash  (chevron??) at the 
end of the beard!  The stalks never exceeded 12  inches!  The bloom remained 
beautiful, but had no stalk to support  it.  
 
Then there was a seedling from Blazing Sunrise X Precious Moments.   Nice 
cream seedling with red (yes red) veins in the standards.  By this  time I knew 
the red was an anomaly, but I still beat a path up the hill to it's  location. 
Couldn't stay away.  Of course, it didn't have the veins in  other years.  One 
of those I should have kept anyway.  I would have  made this cross again but 
PM doesn't like my soil here.  
 
Other differences are not as obvious.  I've been told that  branching is 
rarely subject to anomalies but I'm not sure I buy the  theory.  Hard for me to 
prove either way.  One of those things I don't  take notes on, in a normal 
spring.  Branching is rarely consistent even  within a very large clump.  
Consistent branching is one of the things I  always admired about Song of Norway.  

 
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