Re: CULT: branching and bud count
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: branching and bud count
- From: B* S*
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:10:35 -0500
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>The AIS Judges' Handbook has the following to say with respect to TBs:
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>"A variety must remain in bloom over two weeks or it should receive few
>points. If the total number (of buds) is fewer than seven, no points can be
>given. The sequence of bloom is as critical as bud count. A stalk which
>consistently opens three or more blooms at once almost never meets the
>15-day minimum requirement for bloom."
Well, that explains the lack of enthusiasm by more knowledgable
people than myself over a seedling at the OKC convention that had
multiple branches, the lowest from the base, and five blooms open at
once.
Last spring in Washington I saw a Terry Aitken seedling he called "25
buds." A nice ruffled blue of moderate size. That bud count was no
exaggeration, but I do not have any information on the length of the
bloom period.
The long-term solution to the problem of length of bloom is to focus
on breeding for plants that bloom as soon as the rhizomes reach the
right size. I would assume that folks are working on this through
rebloomer breeding. Any comments, Mike?
--
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<wshear@email.hsc.edu>
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