Re: HYB:CULT

Griff and List,
I came home (Tempe, Arizona - Zone 9) after three days out of town to 
113.8F / 5% RH and a new stalk coming up on Count The Kisses (Blyth 
1999).  This stalk is an amazing 3/4" thick and just 12" tall.  Our 
season pretty much ends the 3rd week in April so this is a very 
unexpected surprise ( as was I 56 years ago).

Best,
  John Gwilliam
At 04:36 PM 6/18/2008, J. Griffin Crump wrote:
>Betty  --  I think the seeds will either develop and produce healthy plants,
>or they won't germinate.  I think many of us have seedlings that germinated
>from seeds salvaged in a seemingly unripe condition because of pod rot,
>accidental early break-off or whatever.
>
>I have a TB seedling that bloomed for the first time five days ago.  What I
>feared did, in fact, happen.  The falls were literally cooked by the
>near-100 degree temperatures here while the bud was preparing to open.
>Also, the branching is bunched  --  not something for which one can blame
>the temperature, but hopefully not a permanent feature of the seedling.  A
>sibling is developing a few days behind it and may miss the extreme
>temperatures.  Its bud count is low.  The cross is Wearing Rubies x 01J14, a
>very nice but slow-to-grow seedling involving Champagne Elegance, Lady
>Friend and Romantic Evening, so I'm hoping that the five other siblings will
>bloom next year and be better.  I'm also surprised to see maiden bloom on
>these two siblings at this time of year  --  more than a month after peak
>bloom here.  I'm attaching a photo from the top down, just to show the
>colors (and all five style arms!).  If our cooled-down weather holds,
>perhaps one of the still-to-open buds will be worth picturing.  --  Griff
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <autmirislvr@aol.com>
>To: <iris@hort.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:25 PM
>Subject: [iris] HYB:CULT
>
>
> > Several times in the past, we've discussed the health of the pod parent as
> > it relates to the seedlings.
> >
> > Many of us have had several months of conditions not favorable to irises.
> > Freeze, drought, freeze, freeze, heat.
> >
> > These plants have been stressed big time.
> >
> > Can we expect decent seedlings from the pods we have  (assuming the
> > parents are good,) or will their poor conditions doom these babies to poor
> > genes?
> >
> > Will the good genes kick in even if the conditions were poor?
> >
> > Betty W.
> > Bridge In Time Irises
> > KY
> > Zone 6
> >
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John Gwilliam
Tempe, Arizona
Zone 9 

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