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The Region 2 Symposium 2005 This and That from AHS to Region 2Chris Rogers: Fun with Edges Without EyesBy Joann Stewart, Watkinsville, GeorgiaChris Rogers, newly emerged as a leader in the “edge no eye”breeder’s circle, gave a presentation relating the details ofher five year relationship with daylilies!She related the story of meeting Dan Hansen though a friend’sefforts to “fix her up,” and how (after standing him up twice), sheeventually wound up doing early crosses under his direction in hisgarden.Shortly after their relationship began, work outside the statepulled Dan away during hybridizing season, and Chris was left todo the lion’s share of the pollinating for Dan’s programs during hisabsence. She shared with her audience Dan’s anxiety over leavingsuch an important facet of “the future” to someone other than him,but it’s obvious that she did a superb job, because afterwards, shewas given her choice of programs to take for her own, and shechose the “edge no eye.”Chris traced the diploid lines of SUSAN WEBER, TUNE THEHARP, SEAL OF APPROVAL, and BEAUTIFUL EDGINGS, whichstirred Dan’s initial interest in pursuing a tetraploid program inedges with no eyes. Dan’s early backbone parents led to his introductionof PINK INTRIGUE (SOMETHING WONDERFUL x ROYALSARACEN) in 2000.It’s hard to give enough praise to such a nice presentation ofvisual materials in this program. Chris’s use of slides showed clearlythe parental genetic input into resultant seedlings (later to becomeintroductions) and how improvements were made with each generationof early parents.In 2001, Dan’s development of LONELY HEART (WEDDINGBAND x GRACELAND) began to contribute the darker edges whichcontinue in this line. In 2002, a cross of LAVISH LACE X LONELYHEART produced DRAMATIC LOOK, and the reciprocal crossproduced FABULOUS FRINGES. HINT OF HARMONY and LAV-ENDER BORDER also came from the PINK INTRIGUE line.Please note: All the preceding Hansen tetraploid introductionswere from a period of time termed ‘B. C.’ Unlike most interpretationsof that B.C. nomenclature, THIS ‘B. C.’ refers to a time BeforeChris took over the “edge no eye” program! These important earlyHansen “edge no eye” tetraploids, however, were what she had towork with when she was given Ownership of the program in 2001.“Ownership” gave Chris even more interest and determinationto develop the “edge no eye” line, and she showed slides of herearliest successful seedlings, in which her primary goals were darkeredges with no gold tones, and great plant habit. She had 17 true‘keepers’ her first year!In five short years, Chris has developed plants with such distinctivelooks and great plant habits that she named two of them forher daughters:JULIANNA LYNN:A coral edged 5.5" bloom with bud count of 40 [((ARCTIC SNOWx UK) x (WEDDING BAND x SOMETHING WONDERFUL)) X PINKINTRIGUE x UK] andLORYNN NICOLE:A rose-bordered 5" bloom with bud count of 32 ((ARCTIC SNOWx UK) x (WEDDING BAND x SOMETHING WONDERFUL)) X EDBROWN.She has also begun systematic out crossing with plants fromother lines and has started pursuing other hybridizing directionsincluding variations in color and form. She’s interested in smallerblooms, narrower forms, and is working in purples and reds too.In fact, one of Chris’s other 2005 introductions is ENERGIZEDSIMPLICITY: a 5" purple with purple eye and white edged ruffledbeauty ((BELA LUGOSI x RIS) X (BETTY WINKLER x HAPPYAPACHE)), which evolved from three reds and one purple. Shecontinues to seek improvement on a dark purple daylily with awhite edge.Other 2005 introductions are MANDATORY EVACUATION: a5.5" rich wine (RELENTLESS INTERLOPER X JOAN DERIFIELD)and HOT AND HEAVY: a 5" very clean red with large ruffles (REDRAMPAGE X LA VITA).This was a lively presentation, with good-natured banter andhumorous images interspersed throughout, but there’s no maskinga very serious fact: Chris has found her feet in the daylily world,and we have among us a very accomplished, focused young womanwith many future introductions to come.All flower images:Christ RogersHOT AND HEAVYJULIANA LYNNLORYNN NICOLEChris RogersImage: Karen CiulaENERGIZED SIMPLICITYENERGIZED SIMPLICITYIf you would like to see more of Chris Rogers’ andDan’s daylily treasures, visit:http://www.ladybugdaylilies.comPage 30 Spring-Summer 2005 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter
The Region 2 Symposium 2005 This and That from AHS to Region 2Bob Schwhwararz: Exotics, What Else?By Donna KowalczykThose who go through our lives never achieving greatness in evenone field must certainly admire those who manage success in many.We at the Region 2 Symposium had the opportunity of to hear justsuch a man speak in the person of Bob Schwarz.“Exotics, What Else?” was the topic of Bob’s presentation. Thetopic might describe the man who charmed us all with a short historyand description of unusual forms and then inspired us with aflawless digital photo presentation showing the development ofhis hybridization program. Among programs designed to show theintricacies of Power Point, Bob’s program stood out in its simplicity,which allowed the presentation of both parent daylilies and theresults on one screen. Seeing all of them together made it possibleto see which parent contributed a particular characteristic to theseedling and its siblings.Bob shows the same dedication to his second career as a daylilyhybridizer that won him an Emmy for directing the show, AnotherWorld. He also directed other shows, for example Search for Tomorrowand As the World Turns. Bob and Mimi met in 1956 inMunich and have been married for 48 years.Bob has been instrumental in the development of unusual forms.He says that movement in floral segments is what fascinates him.The endless modality of the variable crispates is a source of delightand wonder to him. He used WIGGLESWORTH as an example ofthe type of flower that he particularly likes.However, he encouraged each of us to be amazed at the diversityof genetic material to be found within a daylily cross. Bob recommended,“Grow what appeals to you. Develop your own daylilyline, but include genetic material from other people’s plants wheneverthey show an improvement that you wish to bring to your ownline. Remember,” he says,” that the new rule says an unusual formmust show the characteristic on at least three flower segments. Anunusual form can combine crispate, cascade and spatulate characteristicson the same flower.”Bob and Mimi’s goals are to keep on hybridizing and to followtheir own programs—and always to expect the unexpected seedlingthat pops up. He went on to say, “Where did that come from?That question that keep us going and following our goals, and it isthe surprises that nature occasionally presents us that add spice toour early mornings in the seedling path.”Bob helped formulate the definition of the Exotic/Unusual Formclass that is used as a guideline by hybridizers when they registertheir newly created beauties and by AHS for daylily exhibitionshows. For a complete description of Exotic/Unusual Forms, readBob’s article, complete with example daylily images (in color) andthe drawings of the UF definitions for Crispate, Cascade, and Spatulatesegments in the Winter 2004 Daylily Journal (Vol. 59, No.4,pages 395-398. Note, that a cultivar must show UF characteristicson 3 petals or 3 sepals, different from simply 3 floral segments!Last, but not least, Bob has this motto:“You don’t have to be grim to be serious.”Bob’s seedlingB178-02 (PURPLESUSPENDERS XNINE INCHNAILS)All images on this pagetaken by GiselaMeckstroth—withpermission—directlyfrom (MS PowerPoint)Symposium presentationCDRUSTY NAIL (back)WIGGLESWORTH (CAPTAIN NEMO XTWISTED SISTER)Above: Clump of FLYING DOWN TO RIOLeft: FLYING DOWN TO RIORUSTY NAILTo view Bob and Mimi’sRainbow Daylily Gardensand also study the UFchart and rules, visithttp://www.daylily.net/bobandmimi/or visit the AHS web pages(Dictionary)AHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterB232-03 from parents that include CAP-TAIN NEMO , TWISTED SISTER, ANDsdlg B147-00PWSpring-Summer 2005 Page 31
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