Re: REB: Rebloom comments was....comments on MATRIX
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- Subject: Re: REB: Rebloom comments was....comments on MATRIX
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 19:47:57 -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.
>======================================================
>
>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
Dear John: Certainly did not want to take the wind out of your sails, but
glad you could agree so wholeheartedly with my thesis. Keith Keppel says
that each time they get a cool spell, a bunch more rebloom appears. I must
admit to coveting that climate, and yours. Lloyd Z in Durham NC
