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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #105 on: October 09, 2013, 08:18:25 AM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on October 09, 2013, 02:28:59 AM
The species itself definitely has something over the selected forms or hybrids but I have a few new ones this year having spurned them in the past. The first to flower will be 'Miss Saigon,' doing me proud with 5 stems from 5 bulbs. The other vars are less floriferous this first year. Will show when open.
Lesley, you could always "quarantine" the hybrids in the "Cutting garden" ;D
Here's another couple of the seedling PCI,
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #106 on: October 09, 2013, 10:09:34 AM »
They're very good Fermi. I'm still waiting for mine to start. Quite a lot of buds, considering they're still in small pots. I'll have to have a major iris plant in the next few months.

I've been reading the NZIS Judges' Handbook over the last couple of days as I intend to sit the Judge's exam at Convention in Timaru, early November. I was a judge many years ago but back then there were almost no shows at all and no local iris breeding so I didn't keep up-to-date with things and let my qualification lapse. Very different now, with big iris shows all over the country and several breeders registering many new hybrids among the beardeds and especially among PCs. All need assessment before registering.

This was a preliminary to saying that the Judges' Handbook mentions that there is virus among modern Dutch hybrids (based originally on I. xiphium) and judges should look out for this on the show bench or when assessing plants in growth. It shows as paler coloured spotting, striping or streaking and is unsightly compared to the healthy plants. I noticed today that there is a little evidence of virus among my new varieties. I bought 8 different early in the year and will be disappointed if I have to dump many.
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #107 on: October 14, 2013, 06:21:22 AM »
Maybe you can set seed on them and raise your own hybrids?
This is what I received from a friend at FCHS as Iris filifolia though he wasn't convinced that it was true to name.
I might try crossing it with the I.xiphium!
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #108 on: October 23, 2013, 07:54:57 AM »
One of the first "water iris" - 'Holden Clough'
x 2
Iris orientalis which came up from seed from the neighbours' plant apparently - about 200m away!
x2
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #109 on: October 24, 2013, 09:00:40 AM »
Dutch Iris 'Thunderbolt' is in bloom again!
Still love it!
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #110 on: October 28, 2013, 02:37:10 AM »
The wetter than usual spring seems to be favouring the Louisiana Iris!
Here are the first two for the season, but I couldn't find any lables so your guess is as good as mine as to their identity!
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #111 on: October 30, 2013, 06:47:18 AM »
The first of the Siberian iris has opened,
a beautiful blue one (will eventually find its label!
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #112 on: November 07, 2013, 06:44:32 AM »
Another water iris - this one is a variegated Iris laevigata which I got from Paul T in September :D
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #113 on: November 18, 2013, 06:04:54 AM »
Some more from our garden:
Spuria iris Intensity
yellow Spuria
white Louisiana Iris hybrid
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #114 on: November 19, 2013, 08:22:41 AM »
Spuria Iris'Barleycorn' has a tremendously wide fall and is flowering well this year,
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #115 on: November 26, 2013, 01:27:20 PM »
A new one for us is Spuria Iris 'Clara Ellen'
(pics have been replaced and should now expand when clicked)
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #116 on: December 03, 2013, 04:32:40 PM »
My first Iris unguicularis flower of the season:-

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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #117 on: December 03, 2013, 04:49:08 PM »
Very nice David.  Your gastropods are obviously more sluggish than mine ;) ;D

Some fine spurias there Fermi.  'Clara Ellen' is certainly a looker & 'Intensity' is good too.  At first glance that white Louisiana reminded me of a daylily :o   
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #118 on: December 04, 2013, 12:08:23 PM »
Hi Ashley,
I scrolled up to check that I hadn't posted the wrong pic ;D then remembered that we don't have any white daylilies here!
Can you grow Spuria Iris where you are? I should get some seed in a couple of months.
The most recent Spuria to flower is Iris halophila, actually its second flowering as each year it produces one set of blooms on short stems then soon after another set on taller stems! The clump was originally one seedling so it's not due to two different plants flowering at different times and heights! I've posted pics in previous years to show the two-tiered effect, but this year only a couple of stems have bloomed - I probably need to divide the clump!
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Re: Irises: Non-Bearded 2013
« Reply #119 on: December 04, 2013, 05:21:34 PM »
Quote from: fermides on December 04, 2013, 12:08:23 PM
... Can you grow Spuria Iris where you are? I should get some seed in a couple of months. ...

I don't know Fermi; 'sunny' and summer don't always go together here ;) ;D
However I'd certainly like to give them a go if you can a few seeds.
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