Re: AIS:2002 Dykes, End of a Keppel Drought

wmoores wrote:
> 
> good friend and renowed hybridizer Keith Keppel when he finally wins his second.

Walta,

Since you seem to have a Time Machine, tell us: will the voting be done
by Eloi or Morlocks?

> 
> A blue self called BABBLING BROOK brought Keith his first Dykes way back in
> 1972, and thirty years later he gets his second.  But, which one?
> 
> FANCY WOMAN or SPIRIT WORLD?  My mind is made up, but what do others
> think?

I think they are both beautiful, but neither one grows well enough here
to be considered Dykes-caliber.

> 
> Seems strange that history will repeat itself, and the  'plicata man' will not win with a
> plicata but on a luminata,  not truly a plicata as such but in the family and a product
> of plicata breeding.

My expectation was even weirder: that he would win (in just a few short
years) for another blue--Sea Power.

> 
> I am keeping my fingers crossed that some day one of Keith's plics will eventually
> win a Dykes.  LOVELY DAWN has Dykes' Medal written all over it, but will the
> judges notice?

A lovely iris, but only a so-so grower here. Its half-sib Morning Mood
is not as striking, but does so much better it would get my vote if it
came down to those two.

For those who know me well the following is superfluous, but I expect my
Dykes vote to go to Mesmerizer. Here it starts blooming in December or
January, and goes through late May. A great garden iris that puts up
show-quality stalks.

Gerry
-- 
g*@attbi.com
Gerry Snyder, AIS Director & Symposium Chair, Region 15 RVP
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm, winterless Los Angeles--USDA 9b-ish, Sunset 18-19
my work: helping generate data for: http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/

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