Re: Rebloom Show in Southern California

Gerry,

Congratulations!  What fun.  Makes me wish I had a regional meeting 
reachable from here.

What is your other experience with Hand Painted?  I got it this year, 
as one of a number of foundation plants for my second hybridizing 
program, centering around B Blyth's Electrique.  Crossing with both 
subtle and vivid cvs with that blend of rose-violet-metallic blue, 
such as Conspiracy, Five O'Clock World, Cranberry Ice, Quiet Riot, 
Mystic Warrior, Mescalero Chief, Suttons' IB Candy Rock, et al 
Blyth's subtle masterpieces like Witching, Lilac Wine....

Have you tried to cross Hand Painted, either way?  Last spring, 
Electrique was not only my favorite TB color combo, but my best 
pollen bearer and setter of pods (on others, though I know now it 
will work either way.)

Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8-9



--- In iris-talk@y..., Gerry Snyder <gerrysnyder@m...> wrote:
> 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
> ---
> g*@m...
> 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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