Juno Iris 2015

[Jupiter]

Fermi, absolutely wonderful Iris. I haven't tried junos yet but I'll get to it.

[Otto Fauser]

Fermi and Jamus ,  after seeing your contribution I went down to my bulb beds at the bottom of the garden and found Iris stenophylla ssp. allisonii in flower ,beautiful and thank you Marcus for your generosity .

[Jupiter]

Oh wow that's a ripper Otto, nice colours. I will grow these but I have too much on my plate right now with the oncos and the rock garden and everything else. There is time...

[Tasmanian Taffy]

 fabulous Iris Otto and Fermi stunning colors, I am green with envy,
Regards John.

[fermi de Sousa]

First Juno here is Iris planifolia - first time to get it to flower in a pot, the ones in the ground are a week away from opening,

It took 2 weeks, but now the Juno Iris planifolia in the garden is in bloom,
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Beautiful Fermi. I have these on my list for the future.

[fermi de Sousa]

From SRGC Seedex 2010, Juno Iris magnifica (ex)'Agalik'
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Great marking on the flower, fermi.

[Tasmanian Taffy]

Hi Fermi,
what sort of mix do you use for your Junos in pots.
Cheers John.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi John,
I use a quick draining mix - usually normal potting mix with about a quarter more by volume of coarse sand or grit. However the bulb itself is not in the potting mix, just the roots. I surround the bulb in sand/grit and the tip of the bulb is about an inch below the top of the pot.
cheers
fermi

[Tasmanian Taffy]

Thanks for the information Fermi, I have some seeds of Junos Orchoioides germinating now still a very long way from being potting size bulbs though.
Cheers John

[Maggi Young]

Previously, in 2011 we heard from Janis that he had thought to have Iris atropatana but this proved not to be the case when Tony Hall at Kew examined the plants given him by Janis - see these old posts :

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6439.msg198022#msg198022 - with photos of the mis-identified plants in 2011
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8346.msg228492#msg228492 - Janis' post about the error, discovered in 2012

Now I have seen on facebook this photo from Tamar Galstyan of  what appears to be the true plant.


 Art600 commented that the species is to be /has been (?) written about in an article for the  Species Goup of the British Iris Society.

[art600]

Surprised and delighted to find Iris stenophylla flowering in the bulb house today

[ashley]

Surprised and delighted to find Iris stenophylla flowering in the bulb house today

Such a beauty

[Maggi Young]

  Cor, not a bad surprise for December, is it  ?