Re: RE: Red-toned rebloomers (was RE: First 08 rebloomers)

I will try this again.
 
My long bloomers are Secretary (not a rebloomer) and Golden Immortal ( a  
rebloomer).  Golden Immortal has been blooming on and off since March  16.  The 
last stalk is in bloom today.  Secretary has been blooming  more on than off 
since April 8th.  Its last stalk is sitting in a vase on  my kitchen table.  
Both are two-year old clumps.  I like long lasting  clumps, especially if they 
make it to June.  Is anyone  specifically hybridizing with long lasting clumps?
 
Scarlett
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/5/2008 12:06:10 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
colleen@impressiveirises.com.au writes:

Hi  Ann

I'd be inclined to cross a rose or rosy purple with a yellow. Many  reds
appear that way because of the layering of the rose on the yellow.  Here's a
challenge, Rosalie Figge x Golden Immortal would be interesting,  if you
could get the pod to set.


Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills  
South  Australia

www.impressiveirises.com.au



-----Original  Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On  Behalf Of Ann Head
Sent: Thursday, 5 June 2008 12:53 PM
To:  iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] RE: Red-toned rebloomers (was RE: First 08  rebloomers)

Mike Sutton wrote:
><snip>
>Has been  about 7 weeks since peak TB bloom, Autumn Rain and Lest We 
>Forget have  bloomed every month this year except January.
>Mike Sutton

I was  admiring them, along with the other new intros on your website 
just last  night, Mike.

Looking at Lest We Forget prompts me to ask the list a  question which 
has been on my mind lately:
I really want to work on  red-toned rebloomers, but there have not 
been many available (especially  in Australia) to use as a starting 
point.  So, if I want to outcross  reds to other colours, what other 
colours are likely to give me the  greatest percentage of red-toned 
seedlings?  Purple?   Yellow?  Blends where both anthocyanins and 
carotenoids are expressed  in the flower to some degree?  If I want to 
use red plicatas, are  those with yellow ground likely to give me 
more/less red-toned seedlings  than those with white ground?

I wish I understood iris colour genetics  well enough that I didn't 
need to bother the list with such questions, but  it seems like the 
more I try to read up on the subject, the less I feel I  actually know.

Ann

South  Australia
j*@labdude.com

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