Re: Rebloomers
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- Subject: Re: Rebloomers
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 23:48:09 -0600 (MDT)
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
You have everything right except calling it reblooming. :>)
What you are seeing is simply the production of multiple blooms in the
same socket, it is not reblooming. The fact that the blooms are
separated by two weeks is just an artifact of an environmental effect
that has slowed the production of the blooms. I think the papery
structure is called the spathe.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
