TB: Bud Count (was ANOMOLY?)
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- Subject: TB: Bud Count (was ANOMOLY?)
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 22:07:40 -0600 (MDT)
Hi Rima!
You write (10 June 97):
>
> Now the anomaly, if indeed it is such. On my VSOIs (very superior old
> irises), the pale yellow un-named TBs I keep talking about, there are a
> profusion of bloomstalks and many buds. About five stalks are now in
> bloom. The bloomstalks range from 19 to 32" and the tallest has five
> buds on one stalk. The others that are as tall have four on each and
> the smaller ones have three. I've never seen five buds on an iris TB
> bloomstalk, or any other for that matter. these irises were the ones
> that were divided yet bloomed profusely the very next spring (which was
> last spring). This year they are even better. Are they really very
> superior or are five buds to a stalk not unusual?
We are taught in Judges' Training that 7 buds is the minimum desirable
number in a modern TB. Quite a few cultivars have 8 or 9 buds per stalk and
some have 11, or rarely, even more. I wonder if you were referring to
individual buds in your posting, or perhaps to branches, which may be
multi-budded? This is how the bud counts that I am referring to are
achieved on stalks with a terminal, spur, and two or three branches, which
is typical in the newer cultivars.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@cache.net
