Oncocyclus Iris 2014

[Peterwg]

Hi Ruslan,
               What a wonderful set of photos.   It certainly shows the sort of variation that exist whilst all examples are still camillae.   And that there is enough of a population to show that variation!   Let's hope that it remains a viable population.
               Thank you for sharing!

[Ru]

I photographed Iris camillae in three losations (20-30 km apart).

[Ru]

Thank you all for your positive feedback! 

[arillady]

I agree with the comments so far. Thanks Ruslan for showing these amazing variations in iris camillae.

[Pauli]

Wow!

[Tom Waters]

Iris paradoxa atrata (first-year plant, dealing with bad weather) and Iris barnumae urmiensis (two different clones, both made it through -4C freeze without noticeable damage; all other blooms in my garden wiped out).

[Oron Peri]

Ruslan, fantastic photos of this very variable species, wonderful to see it in its habitat, thanks for showing!

Good looking and well grown urmiensis Tom.

Here is Iris westii which i took a photo two days ago on Mt. Hermon, there was the last flower in bloom for us.
It is a solitary colony in that area, main populations are much farther north around Jezzine in South Lebanon.

[udo]

Oron and Ruslan,
very nice pictures Iris of the natural location.

Fred, in my opinion is Iris polackii smaller in the flower and has this striking dark spot which Iris barnumae is absent.

Here my last in the greenhouse, Iris urmiensis from Iran.

[Yaki]

Hi all.
I'm a new member.
I grow 5 native (to Israel) Oncocyclus species.
I read with great interest the post on forced germination, and it made we want to join this group (although I can't see myself doing this).
As a starter, here's a picture of I. Atropurpurea from my garden.
Cheers.

[Yaki]

Some more pictures:
I. Mariae (probably - not 100% sure).
I. Haynei
I. Lorteti

[Yaki]

Here's one of Iris Bismarckiana, also from my garden.
Can anyone tell me if the yellow patches on the leaf are due to a virus?
Thanks.

[Maggi Young]

Welcome to the SRGC Forum, Yaki - you will have seen that there are a great many Iris lovers here and a lot of useful information is exchanged.

It is a pleasure to see  the photos of your Iris.

[Maggi Young]

I read with great interest the post on forced germination, and it made we want to join this group (although I can't see myself doing this).

The SRGC has an electronic subscription for only £10 per year - which gives access online to the twice yearly journal and our Seed Exchange. There is also the opportunity  via the "Donate" button at the top of each forum page to make a contribution to the Club to support  the provision of these facilities ......   

[arillady]

Yaki you do grow the arils well. Unless there is streaking in the flower stem as well I would say it is not virus. Your clump of Iris haynei is stunning.

[Yaki]

Thank you -  Pat.
Actually, the big clump you refer to is I. Mariae.
As I wrote above, I'm not 100% sure of the identification, partly due to the fact that they grow so well in a soil that is very different from the sandy soil that is typical of the I. Mariae's native habitat. Also, they get more rain here, but they don't seem to mind. Unfortunately, I suspect that I only have a single clone, making propagation more difficult.
Yaki.