Re: REB:Rebloom Defined ???

Well now, this is interesting.

>A rebloomer may be defined as any iris that produces an extra period of full 
>bloom each year.  By full bloom is meant bloom of one or more increases from 
>each rhizome that flowered during the immediately preceding regular period.

This definition certainly leaves my current LILTING situation out of the 
running for legitimate rebloom, since the current stalk is in no way 
connected to the stalk that bloomed this spring.  Although this 
definition does make sense to me, I don't think it's practical for RIS 
reporting purposes.  It can be virtually impossible to tell which rzs are 
increases of which others in a crowded clump without excavating the whole 
thing, and I don't think anyone would propose doing that for reporting 
purposes.  Restricting reportable rebloom to a single, undivided clump in 
the same garden would make the above definition more likely to apply, but 
it certainly wouldn't guarantee it.

>This definition excludes those sorts whose stalks emerge serially over an 
>extended season as well as clones with only a fraction of the mature 
>rhizomes 
>blooming during one period and the remainder during the next, even though 
>such sorts 
>do provide color apart from regular seasons and are frequently mislabeled 
>rebloomers.

These parts of his definition are in direct contradiction to those 
published in the Judge's Handbook.  It'll be interesting to see what the 
RIS does about establishing specific reporting guidelines, if anything.

Laurie  




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http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/shadowood/irisintro.html
USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
normal annual precipitation 26-27"
slightly acid clay soil

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