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Apr 7, 09
2009 Bloom is under way. At the moment spring weather has been replaced by snow (exactly as shown in the pictures below from two years ago). There is a lot of work needed to update the site. It was such a big job that I didn't get the online site updated last year.
Sep 4, 07
Sorry for the long delay in getting this year's pictures posted. There's a fair bit of work required to add appropriate Siblings and Individuals entries, once all of the pictures have been selected.
I was particularly please with several of this year's new hybrids. The only disappointment was the low percentage of crosses that set seed -- just 20%, giving just 1048 seeds. I have no explaination for this. The weather was no worse than usual. As you can see we did get a light snow fall during bloom, but that's not uncommon.
I am expecting to retire early next year, so I should be able to devote more time to the Reticulatas. Both during bloom as well as in terms of replanting. I didn't get a chance to take any flowers measurements this year.
This year's pictures have a much better depth of field. I used an Olympus E-500 with 50 mm Macro in aperature mode, often with a flash.
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01-BE-4
89-F-4 x 96-BN-1
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02-EO-2
89-AC-6 x 97-BO-3
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