Oncocyclus Iris 2014

[BULBISSIME]

Waooo ! seems that I've missed a lot of treasures 
Thank you for sharing this pictures. Onco season is starting in the wild too, which is nice !
I hope to contribute soon….
Oron, your Iris swensoniana is… Perfect ! as nice as in nature !
Miriam, you Iris mariae are perfect… much better than in a garden 
looking forward to seeing more soon.

[Hans A.]

Fabulous Pictures and plants Oron and Miriam!!

Here some pictures from spain:
Iris mariae
Iris damascena
Iris kirkwoodiihybrid

[Miriam]

Thank you all

Pat, indeed some of them are seedlings of Iris mariae, but most of them are annual weeds.

Fred, this location of Iris mariae is just amazing! you must go there.

[Peterwg]

Miriam, Wow!.  Those mariae are special!

Oron, great photos!

Hans, as always, wonderful photos of beautiful plants.   In particular I was struck by what a dark variant of mariae you showed,

[fermi de Sousa]

Fabulous stuff!
Thank you all so much for posting these wonderful pics!
cheers
fermi

[LucS]

Marvellous pictures of these plants Oron and Miriam.
We just have to consider a visit in the near future. 

Hans, when was your open-garden day again ?? 

[Hans A.]

Hans, when was your open-garden day again ?? 

Whenever you want, Luc - only next month, I will not always be there. 

One of my favourite Oncos is without doubt Iris damascena - unfortunately this species hardly produce any seeds with me. Of about 20 flowers perhaps 4 pods are produced, half of them normally without seeds, the other two produce between one and three (!) seeds.
Despite of handpollination the resulting seedlings are often hybrids - in the last six or seven years  I was able  to grow only 2 plants which I would call pure species so far, second I discovered yesterday when it opened the first flower.
On the left side is the flower of the seedling, on the right one of an old plant.
The hybrids of Iris damascena I have seen look very different to the species - second picture shows an example, not bad with huge flowers, but not the species.
Another  damascenahybrid I showed here: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9952.msg271643#msg271643

[Oron Peri]

Hans, I. damascena its one of my favourite as well,  one you cant take your eyes off when flowering... here is another one from few days ago.

[Darren]

Lovely to see these pictures of I.damascena.

I'm really excited because my plant of damascena has four flower buds and this is the first flowering for me so I can barely wait to see the flowers. Only a few more days to wait - and I'm off work next week so I will be able to enjoy it too!

 

[arillady]

Oron where are the photos of Iris damascena taken as they seem to be in lines.
Darren I remember waiting for my first aril to flower. It seemed to take weeks.

[Oron Peri]

Pat, i have relocated my entire bulb collection where i have now optimal conditions.
My Oncos are now fresh and clean from Viruses, from seeds sown since 2011.
They have never looked so compact and happy...

[fixpix]

This damascene is indeed a beauty. I take it it's not freeze-hardy?

[arillady]

Oron so pleased that you have found a suitable site to grow the arils now. Makes all the difference.

[LucS]

iris acutiloba ssp. lineolata from Nagorno-Karabach close to the border with Azerbaijan.

[Miriam]

congratulations Oron!
Very beautiful Luc!

Iris sari is flowering  in my garden for the first time. It is from seed I received from Rafa