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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2014, 12:18:17 PM »
My second pot of Katharine Hodgkin to flower.  It must be about 4 weeks earlier than last year.  The ones planted out are about 7 days from flowering - providing Winter does not arrive !  At one time before Christmas, I contemplated planting water lilies as my back garden was a pool of water !
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2014, 06:57:26 PM »
Quote from: TC on January 13, 2014, 12:18:17 PM
My second pot of Katharine Hodgkin to flower.  It must be about 4 weeks earlier than last year.  The ones planted out are about 7 days from flowering - providing Winter does not arrive !  At one time before Christmas, I contemplated planting water lilies as my back garden was a pool of water !

Oh, Tom...your Katherine is ill....a virus!  :'(
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2014, 11:46:16 AM »
Interesting.  They have always looked like this since they first flowered years ago.  How do I recognise the virus effect ?  They grow well and look healthy.
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2014, 01:07:56 PM »
Quote from: TC on January 14, 2014, 11:46:16 AM
Interesting.  They have always looked like this since they first flowered years ago.  How do I recognise the virus effect ?  They grow well and look healthy.

The irregular dark blue blotches on the petals are a telltale sign. Normally Iris 'Katherine Hodgkin' doesn't suffer because of it, a lot of those being sold have a virus. But the virus can be transmitted to other plants and kill them.
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2014, 10:15:51 PM »
Iris histrioides




Close-up view of the fall.

Not a rare or coveted species but attractive nonetheless.
The flowers are worth close scrutiny!
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2014, 10:23:15 PM »
Fabulous close-up.  Such detail.
« Last Edit: January 14, 2014, 10:25:34 PM by Cyril Lafong »
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2014, 01:59:05 PM »
An iris collected in Iran
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2014, 02:17:20 PM »
An elegant beauty, Tony !! 8)
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2014, 03:44:18 PM »
Quote from: Luc Gilgemyn on January 15, 2014, 02:17:20 PM
An elegant beauty, Tony !! 8)

Yes elegant but small and frail.
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2014, 09:26:11 PM »
Quote from: Tony Willis on January 15, 2014, 01:59:05 PM
An iris collected in Iran


So much nicer then some of the hybrids with fancy names ... ::)
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2014, 09:45:44 PM »
Quote from: Tony Willis on January 15, 2014, 01:59:05 PM
An iris collected in Iran

It looks similar to my Iris zagrica which flowered end of January last year.
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #26 on: January 16, 2014, 11:45:45 AM »
Steve you have certainly captured the fairy dust on the iris closeup.
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2014, 04:40:20 PM »
Here is an Iranian retic iris blooming at the moment
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2014, 06:57:48 PM »
Very nice Arthur !!
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Re: Reticulate Iris - 2014
« Reply #29 on: January 17, 2014, 06:09:11 PM »
Here is another reticulate Iris from Iran.  Label says 2004 :) ;D :)
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