I first came upon this site from another Aussie. I looked and got hooked, joined. Best site I have every been on. So many helpers. I posted, got replies, PM’s. Any help was no trouble. I stumbled across some bloke called Kim, I think you all know him. We emailed each other, I rang America once. We do not know each other from a bar of soap(oz bit here). This generous fella said would you like some seed and hesitinally I said yes. With that, it turned up. I read and read, emailed, spoke to people, what now, all the ways to use this seed, how to germinate it.
Yes I am waffling. The guts of this is, one of the seeds Kim sent was one of Mr Moore’s. It is an OP one, but who cares, it is one. So far the only one to germinate, if the rest do not, who cares, I have a legacy of Mr. Moore.
Thanks Kim for the seed. My presious seed has germinated, care will be taken of it.
Good Onya! Congratulations, David! I’m thrilled it’s working for you. One of the many facets about roses I love is any variety someone has seen, smelled, touched or grown, YOU have as a “touchstone” with them as they are all part of the same plant. Roses Josephine smelled in her gardens; roses any of your ancestors loved; roses we share love for with the others here on the forum, they’re all parts of the same rose. Your growing seedlings of one of Ralph’s Persians, permits you to see what he saw, touch what he touched, smell what he smelled and know what all the others of us who also grow them are experiencing, also.
I love that connection. I love knowing what I’m enjoying, you and others are also enjoying, experiencing, studying. The plants make a personal connection across time and distance and take on increased importance and value. I’m glad you have these to enjoy and learn from!
Other than plants, how else can you have “living antiques”? My dad bought a book when I was seven months old, “The Bible as History”. The authors attempted to document Biblical stories, events and places using archeology, geography, botany, etc. “Manna” was determined to be the honeydew from a mite on Tamarisk trees. At the time I read the book, we were just beginning to experience the effects of the psyllids on Eucalyptus. One of their effects is to generate “manna”. Talk about a neat example!
Just being a smark aleck, David. Pink is the default. Most crosses produce many pinks. Many seedlings turn out single, also the default. Blue for You is such an astounding color with an amazing scent, you hope for some of that amazement in the seedlings, but Nature often has other plans in store for you. So, watch for single, pink without scent…they’re coming, not all will be, but they will arise.
I know what you’re feeling, David. Kim sent me some seeds as well. While I didn’t have a large number of germinations I do have 5 seedlings growing now and can’t wait to see what they’ll produce! One of them is from 1-72-1! It’s exciting to think I have a little bit of Mr. Moore growing here too!
And I have to tell you, Kim is right, as usual. The default setting on seedlings is pink, 5 petals, no scent, lol. But there’s always a little surprise or two as well just to keep it interesting!
Catastrophe has stuck, some, ******* bird came in and decided to scratch around the seed trays in my hothouse. Some seedlings dislodged, might loose one of them, others have been potted up. The other problem some of the seed was moved around, not sure from which line to which, if germination does occur, will have to make ID call on them later(help Kim) as always. I will make some ajustments with a cover. In Australia we call it “fly screen”. I think you guys/dolls call it ‘hardware something’. My first hiccup, more learning curves, alls good.
I think most of us eventually, usually sooner than later, have that wake up call with some sort of interloper, and it will probably not be the last. It almost is part of the ‘amateur’ thing, unless you can afford climate controlled greenhouse security. I am much less upset and more bemused when it happens now, and admire the tenaciousness of feeding wildlife.
