Re: RE-Bloom

In a message dated 11/18/01 12:35:57 PM Central Standard Time, 
crusher4@wnclink.com writes:

<< To get rebloomers in your seedlings do both iris have to be rebloomers 
themselves.   >>

Rob, I wouldn't say "have to" because rebloom seems to be a dominant trait.  
At least around my place.  Like most traits, your chance of success is 
greater with two rebloomers.  The same would be the case if you're breeding 
for lace, bud count, good foliage, etc.  Most of my crosses have been STRONG 
REBLOOMER X SPORADIC REBLOOMER (or the reverse).  I thought I'd found one in 
my records that didn't follow this pattern, but when I went to the cumulative 
check list of reblooming iris, even LACED COTTON has rebloomed in Holland.  
So, once again LACED COTTON X FEEDBACK follows this pattern.  With two open 
blooms it beat the freeze due tonight.

Maybe GALLANT MOMENT X FEEDBACK would fit the bill since I can't find GM 
listed in the list.  However, I sent several long winters doing research in 
the mid-eighties and I'm fairly sure I found rebloom in the parentage or it's 
unlikely I would have used it.  I did get addicted to making crosses at the 
end of some seasons and used non-reblooming irises, but GM is an early 
bloomer.  (Wild Ginger is in the parentage & in the list)

My biggest challenge has been the classes where there weren't many or any 
strong reblooming irises.  For instance, red & black.  I've bred out to 
purple, using FEEDBACK, VIOLET MIRACLE, VIOLET CLASSIC, AND VIOLET RETURNS.  
It's muddied the colors in some case, but I expect some beautiful things in 
future generations.  

In the falls of 85 & 86, INFERNO tried to rebloom, but in each case it didn't 
open before an early frost. Unfortunately, INFERNO turned out to be one of 
those irises that only produce pollen every 3-4 years.  I waited about that 
long, but suddenly one spring (91) is was loaded with pollen.  I crossed it 
onto HER ROYAL HIGHNESS by Monty Byers.  Later, I crossed two siblings from 
this cross.  I saved three of the seedling to bring here.  Two, including the 
best, have rebloomed.  This year I crossed BLACKOUT (another CA rebloomer) 
onto the best seedling.  Blacks are difficult, but we'll have to wait and 
see.  Oh, yes, the UGLY seedling is a sooty red black.  It just has bad form.

I try to hold out for rebloom when using my own seedling, but even this 
doesn't always work.  I've a lovely pink seedling from PRESENCE X PINK 
ATTRACTION that I can't seem to beg a rebloom stalk out of and I hope to 
cross it to another reblooming pink to take this a step further.  (PARADISE 
is the CA rebloomer in PRESENCE that I bred to)

This year I added CHINESE NEW YEAR, VISITING ROYALTY, DOUBLE VISION, SILK 
BROCADE, and others to my lines, just so you don't think I'm totally behind 
the times!  SB may qualify as a non-rebloomer but I doubt it.  

I've really been amazed at the seedlings that have bloomed this fall.  They 
must love the sunshine from where the neighbor cut down all the trees!  And 
all that rain this year.  

Betty Wilkerson from BG KY USA Zone 6 where we're in for the BIG Freeze 
tonight---18 degrees!  

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