Re: HYB: TB: Extending Cultivar Bloom Period
- Subject: Re: HYB: TB: Extending Cultivar Bloom Period
- From: p*
- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 06:39:30 -0000
WOW! The hybridizer of Mystery Blush! I was thrilled with the
purchase of MB this year, in the pursuit of pink TBs with pastel
beards. A beautiful flower, with lots of pollen. Now one of the
foundation plants for my hyb efforts. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINE WORK!
Patricia Brooks
the pinkirises ID no secret
--- In iris-talk@y..., "irisman" <irisman@b...> wrote:
> Put your thinking caps on and go back with me to bloom season [in
the south, anyways :) ] Many cultivars have a very desirable habit
or trait of producing multiple and/or staggered bloomstalks. This
highly desirable feature produces a longer bloom period with stalks
in various stages of development.
>
>
> I have seen this accomplished in two ways. A single rhizome can
send up a primary stalk followed by secondary stalks, usually with
fewer buds per stalk. The second is for a clump or a section of row-
cropped plants to produce stalks at staggered intervals. My own
Mystery Blush ('99) has been seen to perform in the first example in
more than one season. It seems likely that this trait has been
inherited from the Vanity line. Lacy Day (Ernst, '00) also sent up
secondary stalks from a single rhizome this season on its maiden
bloom in my garden. Examples of the second phenomenon with stalks in
various stages of development are Keppel's Vienna Waltz ('00) and
Schreiner's Harvest Faire ('98). One stalk starts growing and
develops and then a few or serveral days later another stalk emerges
from a second rhizome and ends up opening 4 or 5 days after the first
stalk has begun bloom. This culitvar then remains in bloom longer
than say Cultivar B which essentially has all its stalk begin emering
within one to two days of each other.
>
> If breeders, growers, and judges alike could access the information
and observe it, they could use it wisely to breed other cultivars
with either trait, extend the iris season in a garden, and vote
awards to these high performance jewels.
>
> NOW, your turn. Reply to the list with observations of the
cultivars you have seen exhibiting these traits and extending our
enjoyment of irises.
>
> Gary Sides, Nashville, TN Zone 6b
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