EUCYS 2013 PRAGUE

 Vilnius-Frankfurt

Frankfurt-Praha (Praha)

 

Let me start my blog with apoligise of delay. This time is busy, but for you I take some relax minutes and write a little new for you all. At first I want to thank all my blog visitors, who read my blook, look at the pictures or just click on link and go out. All of you reached over 4000 views and for that I was really surprised. And back to the topic. Those two first photos you have seen few weeks back, when I go to Prague and add those photos at the next day they was taken. So then I write nothing for you and feel bad. Now you may know how all ends, but I still write for some of you.

So as you remember I won national etap of European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) and the final of it was in Prague. So my great days was in September 20-25 at Prague city. Love that great town, just sad that I have only few moments to visit some place. I have been only at Cenate of Czech Republic, short walk tour in night old town of Prague and Bethlehem Chapel. Also Incheba Expo palace, where all contest was held.

There is some photos and then more information.

Arriving to hotel with other Lithuanians, national organizers and other contestans.

Incheba Expo Prague palace

My project stand. Some of those flyers will go to States and will be given for some of you. Packing package and send to Maureen Strong with those flyers and my science project copy.

Czech Respublic Senate. Great place with very nice garden, but that was not very important at that time, because then was bascetball final where competing Lithuania. So we skip that event, eat something and go to watch. Sad, we won silver medal.

 

The time in that conest was amazing. I meet some great peoples, young scientists. To communicate with them is great experience, because I get know more about other countries from them point, get to know what they creating, working with etc. But now close to what I want to say. In contest I present science project about daylilies. People very interested in that topic, asked me to present my work in Czech or Russian languages, but I can only in English and Lithuanian. Jury interested also, ask some questions, let me to present my work to them and for other people, who go to contest zone. I have 6 jury members, who come to my work and they all was happy that I work with this.

Opening ceremony was at Krizik Singing Fountain near Incheba Expo. That was the most impresive and attractive ceremony I ever been. Those fountains, who dance with music, people who play with fire like me with pollens and others, which fill that ceremony to awesome event.

Award ceremony was in

Bethlehem Chapel. Program not very luxury, but I love that place. And dam da da da! I won Special Prize of Joint Research Centre for one week in chosen institue. I still reading about them, but now I look only in Italy and Spain institutes.

Free zone, where we can take a brake of presentation near stands. In this moment I send photos to computer and later add in this blog.

Krizik Singing Fountain before big show.

Contestants on stage. I am in the right. Behind me was dancing fountain. Great moment.

A photo when we walk from bus to Cenate with other Lithuanian contestant who need help for her heels.

 

And this is photo of me near my stand.

Award ceremony. All winners and me in the back.

 

And this photo captured about 10-15 minutes after ceremony.

And here is after ceremony when we wait for bus, which take all winners to hotels. Will miss that place, contestants, organizators and everything, what was in that contest in those 5 days.







WOW day

This day is really special. And I dedicate it for my blog and daylilies, which give me a suggestion to create it.
Today is round numbers day. I have 3000 views and this post is 50. Very much, I think so. So I want to thank you all who read and interested in my works and dreams.

 There is mark of 3000 views of my page. As I use blogger and in Lithuanian, text in redactor or here is in my language, but you see numbers and can believe that I say true.

And now, as I say I want to write my post about daylilies. And not just talks, but as usual photo blog with my unusual daylily type, which blooming now. Yes - rebloomers!

And that is came very an impromptu, when I go back from exhibition of gladiolus in Panevėžys and back home with members of Lithuanian flower hybridizers society near my grandmother house and I asked to visit her. And when I take them with me to see how my fields look in not blooming season I was shocked. I have seen many rebloomers. Almost all Floyd Cove Nursery daylilies set new scapes and blooms. What is sad, that they are not in my own garden and I can't to stay in grandmother home to see them. Oh poor me. One of rebloomers is No String Attached. That one I wanted to see the most, but in normal blooming season that one won't set scape and I think that this will happened next year, but now I see that this one want to rebloom. But I am happy and for that, what I saw.

 William Marchant seedling. Crawned Heads x Fiji. This is second seedling of that cross, which has bloomed for me this year. Just this one wanted to start blooming now. Cute one.

 Curb Appeal. This is more than perfect variety, which give me many blooms this year. I counted 5 scapes and when I come closer I have seen and 6th. I get it just this just year, but I have seen more blooms than in those, which I grow 3 years.

 Water Drops. First bloom this year and it look wow how great. And for this I am very appreciate to Claudia Conway, who gift me this one.

And this is one little surprise for Claudia. This is her seedling with very unusual buds. I picked one, but they are still too small and opened not well in my home for take a picture of it. But I can describe it. It is purple with small eyezone, and dark edge which is turn to big ruffled teeth edge. Amazing, but I need to see normal bloom, what not gonna happened this year. Cross: Darla Anita x China Clipper.

Now I see one big problem with gardening in two gardens in different parts of Lithuania. I wish I could found any way to get any money for my home and big garden to place all my flowers in. If you know any person who can help me, please write in comments, or contact me in other ways.

Have a nice day, my garden friends.
Edvinas

Gladiolus Exhibition 2013

This year, first time in my life I visited exhibition of gladiolus in Panevėžys Gabrielės Petkevičaitės-Bitės library. This exhibition is one of the best gladiolus show in Lithuania. Organizator and hybridizer Dr. Alfonsas Žobakas did amazing job for it. This year gladiolus exhibition reached international level. This year we have gladiolus flowers not only from our members in Lithuania, bu Latvian and Belarus. Latvian hybridizer Laimonis Zakis is known for us, he visited exhibition last year, but this year he came with Raimonds Cīrulis. From Belarus came great person, warm for talks and great for experience to come here from Belarus with gladiolus - she is Alesia V.Kruchonok. And now you can see a part of that exhibition in my photos. Enjoy

Lithuanian hybridizer Danutė Simonaitienė with husband and I with Alesia V.Kruchonok, Belarus.

One of 3 stands in exhibition. What is very great was glass roof which give us best light for gladiolus fowers and that can make us better photos.

This table of gladiolus is our neighbor Alesia V.Kruchonok, Belarus, gladiolus display. Something very nice. One almost green gladiolus still not opened when she pick that on table. Other day that must to look better, but that can see others.

All hybridizers and exhibition visitors gets into motion when seen a Lithuanian politician and Minister of Defense from 2008 to 2012 Rasa Juknevičienė, which very interested in gladiolus hybridizing and our gladiolus hybridizer Ona Dana Bagdonaitė teach her.

And after successful teaching we make a photo with members. From left: Genė Ratkevičienė, Ona Dana Bagdonaitė, Rasa Juknevičienė, Danutė Simonaitienė and me.

And then teacher wanted to take a picture with a "student", she gave on gladiolus from show for first crosses.

That is all from our show in Lithuania. I wish next year I can make an exhibition of irises and daylilies+lilies. But time will shows what will be.
Good luck and enjoy last chance to work in garden before autumn, when days will be rainy and not so warm as now.

Edvinas

Lithuanian flower hybridzers society exhibition of gladiolus and dahlias. Kalvarija

The day start early in the morning. I went to train station and stay in long row to buy a ticket. And when I get it I must to run to get in my train in time. I love trains, because they always be in time and I can plan my day perfectly. Also, they are cheaper than other transport and place is more for so big people like me. Just kidding.

 

All day I have some nice work to do and the main point was to learn how to make an exhibition. As a head of society I must to know basic things about it and be ready to make other exhibition. So this day was my learning day. A lot information for short time, but when I back home all that I noted and make priority tasks to do for other exhibitions.

And there is few photos from this exhibition.

I with my best hybridizing teacher and greatest hybridizer - Jonas Auksuolis Liutkevičius.

A view of exhibition.



Cyganskaja Jubka                                                    Kelvin Floodlight

 

Rugiaveidė                                                     Akita

 

Daylily seedlings 2013 Part II

 (Mountain Wildflower x Orange Firecat) Seedling from William Marchant seeds. When I see first bloom I try to give a name, and only one, which come to my mind is Sky of July. Some evenings sky of July is orange to purple when sun goes down. I like eye and edge. Wait for next season blooms.

 (Mascara Snake x   ) Seeds from AHS International Seed Bank. First bloom was very close to spider, real kid from Mascara Snake, but second bloom is in this photo and you can see it. Color is very unusual. Light purple with eyezone. Even in this photo it is hard to look, but in real, when sun lights up eye look very nice. It is close to dust purple to grey. Throat make this daylily look great. Only second years old seedling, but scape was very high. What is very unusual of this daylily is pollen color. It was light yellow and look like citrina dusts. Amazing.

(Bob Olson x unknown) Seedling from John Kulpa seeds. It is hard to capture this type of color daylilies, but when that daylily is seedling, that I need to try as hard as I can. As example this photo I take after hour of try. I make over 250 photos of only this one, and this look close to real. This deep red seedling has amazing edge. One day it shows some small white teeths. On this they are too, but other bloom has more. One of the keepers, which I will use in my hybridizing programs.

(Ann Kulpa x Unknown) Seedling from John Kulpa seeds. This color is hard to capture with camera too, but after play with other bloom and camera I found the way to catch a real color. When I see the bud of this I thought that this will be wow. Bud looks like an aligator mouth with large teeths. And when it opened I was shocked. So great seedling. I use his pollens few days to cross with all my tet daylilies and seedlings I have. I think seedlings from cross of Strippled Statement x this seedling must to give me some nice seedlings.

(Lacy Dusk x Get'r Done) Seedling from William Marchant seeds. This one seeds I get in first years from William. When I see the parentage I dream of amazing seedlings. And here it is. Only one seedling left after this winter, but this is wowzer. Great shape, color and size. I think this is perfect seedling. I use this pollens with some of my tet daylilies also, but not many set pods. First blooms was very poly. In all I counted 50% poly blooms. This one is last bloom on scape and it looks perfect.



(Crowned Heads x Fiji) Seedling from William Marchant seeds. Another great seedling from William. I love that small throat and light color with cute edge.

(Lee Reinke x Jerry Whirligig) Seedling from AHS International Seed Bank seeds. Seedling with light future. Color is great, shape could be better, but this is only two years old. So next year it will be better, I hope.

Sibling to previous seedling (Lee Reinke x Jerry Whirligig). Shape is great, color cute, but that is all. Just what a nice different between those two siblings.

(Blue Eyes x Gentle Shepherd) And in the end of Part II, I add my own seedling, which look good for me. I don't expect this shape from that cross. Blue Eyes is red round with white line in the centre. This seedling has mixed color from BE and Gentle Shepherd, just from where goes this shape, I don't know... This one has nice edge. I don't know in which cross I want to use this, so I just keep it and enjoy the blooms.

 

Cute seedlings with many promises. I hope next year summer will be more interesting, than this, because I may see some seedlings second blooms and many more siblings and new ones, with which I work this summer.