Oncos in Flower...

[Rafa]

Thank you for this very interesting information Oron.

Well It seems I'll have to make an illustration guide of Israelian Iris. I make the plates and you put in the information?

[arillady]

Thank You Oron for letting us know that there is little more information on the oncos in Israel.
Have you seen the last bulletin of the British Iris Society Species Group which covers the Oncocyclus irises - articles from past BIS Yearbooks and new articles. I have asked Tim Loe if more copies can be printed as it was a great reference work. Tim will look into it. Members of ASI would certainly be willing to buy a copy I am sure.
Looks like you have another project Rafa.

[Oron Peri]

Rafa,

Certainly my job will be the easy part....have you seen closeup of I bismarckiana...

Now that i think it is odd that no one have dedicated a book for Oncos of the Mediterranean and Asia..so far

By the way your seeds are on the way....

Oron

[Oron Peri]

Pat,  I am not a member of the Iris species society and so I haven't seen this article, is it also available on the net?

[Otto Fauser]

Pat,
  I have the following book:'Wild Flowers of the Holy Land', by Uzi Paz ,1979 by Massada,printed in Israel .It contains beautyful colour photos of 4 oncos :I.hermona Dinsm. ,I. helenae Barb. [=I. mariae Barb.] ,I. lorteti , and I. atropurpura Bak.
  also a beautyful clump of I. palaestina Boiss.

[Hans A.]

Oron - Pat is right, the BIS Bulletin ( Oncocyclus Special) is really excellent - it includes many superb articles of many specialists as Brian Mathew, Jim Archibald, Tim Loe, Peter Werckmeister, Harald Mathes...
A very good article with spectacular photos of lebanese and sirian species in its enviroment has written Thomas Fietz - but as I know this bulletin is not online and actually out of stock.

[arillady]

Hans,
Maybe if you voiced your desire for the bulletin to be reprinted to Tim Loe it would lend your voice to mine - It is really worthy of being available wider.
Otto your book sounds fascinating - I will try an online search.
I have The Bulbous Plants of Turkey by Brian Mathew and Tuhan Baytop too which includes many of the oncos plus many Iris species.
I also have a couple of smaller books - Flowers of the Mediterranean by Oleg Polunin and Anthony Huxley plus a couple of others further afield.

[Lesley Cox]

Have you an email adress for Tim Loe Pat. The one I've used before doesn't bring any reply. Tried several times over a few months.

[arillady]

Lesley,
loe@loebooks.co.uk
is the address that I have.
I have just sent off an email to Tim

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks, I'll do the same. I had more success with juno and onco seeds from Tim than from anyone else., in the first 4 years of this century.