Re: Re: CULT: Daubing discovery
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: Daubing discovery
- From: "Patrick Orr" P*@hotmail.com
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 21:35:32 -0700
I wonder...
It makes sense that if you use the terminal bloom, and then cut off all the other branches and buds, that the plant will put all its energy into producing the one pod you left remaining. Although this makes logical sense to me, I have crossed several flowers on the same stalk and had great pod set no matter how many there were.
Hmmmmm.
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: pinkirises
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 11:24 AM
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: Daubing discovery
Interesting, Patrick!
When I started hybridizing, I asked a few questions of dealers I was
ordering from, and was told by Terry Aitken that most crosses he
does, and others he's seen in pro beds, take on the terminal flower,
so make that your most valued cross.
That has proved true for me, without exception. Though I often try
the same cross with both top and second blooms if both are blooming
at the same time, and sometimes both have taken. This could be an
interesting thread!
Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8
--- In iris-talk@y..., "Patrick Orr" <PatrickJOrr@h...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This spring and the year before I noticed more pods took and more
seeds were given on the side branch (one down from the terminal) than
on any other flower position on the stalk.
>
> I cannot think why this would be unless being closer to the ground,
the side branch can take up more moisture than the terminal,
therefore making the stigmatic lip more receptive to pollen for a
longer time than the terminal bud.
>
> (((PERHAPS)))
>
> Any thoughts or discoveries pertaining to this???
>
>
> Patrick Orr
> Member:AIS,TBIS,RIS,SDIS,SCIS,TAIS
> Phoenix Zone 9
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