Re: HYB: Long Question about Rebloom

In a message dated 10/13/2006 7:52:12 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
lmann@lock-net.com writes:

<<rebloom in some seedlings where I didn't expect  it.>>
 
I'm not a genetics expert, but I've spent most of the last 25 years  
researching rebloomers and looking for rebloom in  unlikely TB'S.   I've read 
pedigrees until my eyes  cross.  
 
I'd like to address the subject of 'oncers.'   Or maybe just the  term.  By 
definition a 'oncer' should only bloom in the spring!  
 
In fact, many irises thought to be oncers have been  reported to fall bloom.  
Somewhere!  Maybe Australia, maybe  California.  Or someone's back yard.  
Other's may have put up  stalks that went unnoticed.  
 
Often 'oncers' are carriers.  Although they never express  the rebloom 
gene/genes, they are capable of passing the genes on to  their children.  
 
Maybe these irises are simply rebloom carriers that had not been  
discovered/publicized?  Or maybe they were never paired with the right  partner?  
 
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