Rebloom Show in Southern California

As part of the Region 15 fall meeting, the San Fernando Valley Iris
Society went to the trouble to stage an official show. Since rebloom is
still iffy for most of us, there was much anxiety concerning the ability
to meet the need for at least three entrants and 10 stalks.

Thw weather was not as kind as it could have been. We had three weeks of
very cool weather followed by one hot week just before the show. Some
areas had high winds. One couple had to evacuate their home because of a
brush fire in the area.

The show turned out to be wonderful. Five entrants (at least) and at
least a couple dozen stalks (several shown for exhibit only and not in
the competition).

Queen of Show went to a great stalk of Frequent Flyer, which had four
open blooms. One was just starting to look a bit watery, but it was
still fine, and there was no way the judges could have voted for
anything else.

I entered two stalks. A ramrod-straight one of Hand Painted with the
terminal as the only open bloom got one of the two other blue ribbons.
My other entry was Mariposa Autumn, which has been putting on a show for
around three weeks here. Unfortunately, the three stalks with open
blooms were way past peak. The one I chose to take in had three open
blooms, but the top one was on a short spur just below the terminal
position, which was empty. It seemed to me that removing the top two
inches of stalk would make it look unnatural, so I left it. The judges
gave it a red ribbon.

And thost two stalks were enough to win the Bronze Medal!! I am still
floating on air.

Gerry
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g*@mediaone.net
Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair, Region 15 RVP
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm, winterless Los Angeles--USDA 9b-ish, Sunset 18-19
my work: helping generate data for: http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/

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