Re: Median: Serenity Prayer: Rebloom
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
Hi Mike & Perry,
We were talking to Chuck Chapman about rebloom and continuous bloomers. His
theory is that there are two separate genetic traits. The classic one is a
gene that will allow rebloom in the fall. This is triggered by a number of
factors including water, fertilizer and who knows what else. The other
trait is the ability to bloom again once the rhizome reaches a certain size.
He has noted that a number of seedlings and cultivars that exhibit
exceptional vigor will "repeat" bloom a few times each season. He noted
that FOREVER BLUE belongs to this class. However, he has found that these
need to be divided more often -- every year or two.
It should follow that crossing irises with these two different traits could
result in a small number of them being continuous bloomers. We'll probably
see the results of Chuck's attempts in a year or two.
Mike, what proportion of your crosses produce continuous bloomers? Are you
working on medians too?
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
> From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
>
> Hi Perry,
> I have found that the flowers that bloom the following couple of months
> after bloom
> season are great parents when crossed with fall rebloomers. These crosses
> have led to continual bloomers for us. GOLDEN IMMORTAL is a continual
> bloomer for us and it came out of one of these types of crosses.
> My $.02 worth.
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry Dyer <pdyer@flash.net>
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
> Date: Saturday, May 22, 1999 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Median: Serenity Prayer: Rebloom
>
>
> >From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
> >
> >Glad to hear someone else uses the term "repeater". I think it
> >distinguishes between true rebloom and "last-minute whim" (repeat bloom
> at
> >the tail end of a season). Nonetheless, if something will repeat, maybe
> >there's the potential for true rebloom.
> >
> >Perry Dyer
> >Blanchard, OK
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: "S&C Rust" <srust@fidnet.com>
> >>
> >>Perry, I have your Serenity Prayer (got it last fall) and you will find
> out
> >>about its rebloom now!
> >
> >
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