Re: REB: Rebloom comments was....comments on MATRIX
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- Subject: Re: REB: Rebloom comments was....comments on MATRIX
- From: J* M* <m*@junction.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 22:39:52 -0700 (MST)
At 08:00 PM 97-11-13 -0700, Lloyd wrote:
> I think those that
>do not rebloom in the summer must have an estivation reaction to summer
>heat, and wait until the temperature comes down before reblooming.
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I think this has hit the nail on the head.
This has been the greatest year for rebloom which we have ever had and it
was also the coolest summer since records were kept. If Lloyd is correct,
then I would assume that all of those ones which rebloomed this year would
normally prepare for rebloom when it was too late in the fall to finish the
performance before frost arrived. In addition to a cool summer, we had a
fall which was free of frost. It has only been this week that we have had
enough frost to shut the iris down. These observations seem to tie in
neatly to Lloyd's theory.
The only problem is that now I have to humbly admit that the rebloom had
nothing to do with my culture, after spending the fall thinking that I had
finally figured out how to do it.
Incidentally, CANTINA has not bloomed out on me but it always comes close.
The result is that it is sort of a biannual bloomer, requiring a year to
recover and then going into it's act the following year.
Cheers
John Montgomery
monashee@junction.net
Vernon BC Zone 5
