HYB: REB: counting leaf blades for rebloom
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  • Subject: HYB: REB: counting leaf blades for rebloom
  • From: L* M* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 12:33:09 -0400
Like Betty, I have zero interest in crawling around in the heat and humidity (or even when weather is more comfortable) to count leaf scars on rhizomes to figure out how many leaves were on a fan when it was blooming size.
But it just dawned on me this morning that I can cut off the part of the rhizome that has a spent bloomstalk, bring it indoors, and photograph, count scars at leisure. I could even label them and toss them in a box to dry & count this winter!
I have my eye on one cross in particular - IMM X pink (Imm x Csong) that I would really like to increase my odds of guessing which, if any, might have potential to rebloom (according to Chuck's theory) to try to use for breeding.
Chuck, when you get time to comment, is there any reason this wouldn't work? If the fan produced a bloomstalk, at least I'd know for sure it was mature. 

Linda Mann east TN

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