Iris from Jammu Region

[David Shaw]

On another garden site that I blog on, a member in Kashmir has collected seed of this iris in the forests of the Jammu region. The information that I have is that the leaves are a meter tall and that the rhizomes are less broad than those of Iris germanica. It is flowering now in the members garden. With any luck we may be in line for some 2nd generation seed.

[Maggi Young]

Palustris posted that photo in the Forum already, David.....http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=7314.msg202390;topicseen#msg202390 .... no answer to what it is yet, though.

[Lesley Cox]

If it's as tall as that I'm wonderng about some close relative of I. orientalis. Not sure of the distribution of that species. It doesn't look quite like it - no yellow on the falls for instance - but worth a thought perhaps. It would always be helpful to see the foliage when trying to identify irises, and, indeed, the whole plant.

Now I've had a better look, there IS some yellow well into the haft it seems. So I would suggest I. orientalis or a species close to that. Spuria section anyway. Formally known as I. ochroleuca.

[David Shaw]

Your answere is very much the same as one from a bloger in Arizona, Lesley.
The internet is an amazing resource. Question originating in Kashmir is fielded in Scotland and gets answers from New Zealand and Arizona!