Re: Rebloomers

Marte Halleck wrote:
> 
> To John Jones:
> 
> Guess what? I checked my SDB rebloomers today & 2 of them (Jewel Baby &
> Little Showoff) which both bloomed for the first time 2 weeks ago &
> which I deadheaded when these first flower heads faded as instructed re
> Tip sheet from nursery.....are forming new flower buds inside the old
> sockets! Swear it's true. Jewel Baby also has a separate flower on the
> same stalk which opened yesterday.
> 
> Now I'm more confused than ever. I'm defining the socket as that papery
> thingy (calyx?) that sort of wraps around the base of the flower where
> it attaches to the stalk. Would you agree with definition/description or
> am I misunderstanding something? Maybe I need a better definition of
> Reblooming Iris????   Marte in the mtns, puzzled
> 
> > > Marte Halleck wrote:
> > >
> > > Have a question for y'all -- as you may recall, I planted my first
> > > "rebloomers" last year & the SDB's have been blooming well for me, TB's
> > > nicely budded out. The nursery tip-sheet I got with the rz says: "do not
> > > break off the sockets or the stalk at bloom completion as is done with
> > > oncers. Rebloomers...tend to rebloom from the same sockets..."
> >
> > John I Jones wrote:
> >
> > If I were given that "Tip" sheet, I would take back to the nursery, find
> > the manager and explain to him that maybe on some other planet that is
> > how it works, but not on this one, and that if that is the quality of
> > the advice he gives out, he desparately needs help.
> >
> > The socket is the spot along the stalk where the bloom forms. Rebloomers
> > form completely new stalks to bloom from, they don't rebloom in the same
> > socket.
> >
> > NOW, what may be confusing, is that many irises today (at least TBs) are
> > "double or triple" socketed. This means that the same socket may produce
> > a second or third bloom, one following the other, in the same season.
> > This is not reblooming as it is defined in irisdom. Reblooming occurs
> > after the rz has had time to recover its strength from the first bloom
> > period, and puts up a new stalk from a separate increase. Not all (in
> > fact only a small subset) irises rebloom, but most that you get these
> > days will provide at least two flowers in the same socket. You can feel
> > the second bloom forming at the base fo the first one if you gently
> > squeeze the base of the socket, and you do want to be careful breaking
> > off the first bloom after it has faded. Hold the second bud and gently
> > bend the first bloom away from the socket. Sometimes the second bloom
> > will open before the first has faded, but I think this is considered a
> > flaw.
> >
> > I am not sure that all the above about double socketing applies to SDBs
> > because I can't grow them here, but I guarantee that even reblooming
> > SDBs throw a new stalk to rebloom.
> >
> > John                     | "There be dragons here"
> >                          |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
> >                          |  to indicate the edge of the known world.
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