Iris Reticulata - 2017

[Alan McMurtrie]

Cute 

Here's a new one, 10-AJ-2 that's similar to 2005's 05-EP-2, 05-EP-3 and Wow (05-GQ-3).  Its from 03-HW-1 x 05-GQ-1 (Wow's sibling)



Smile, when is a blue not a blue re: "it's just a blue"
I suppose, there no getting away from the fact that at the end of the day it is indeed just a blue -- but it's a lovely blue  11-FM-1



11-DV-2

[fermi de Sousa]

No sign of those sox now! 
Alan, all of these are fantastic!
cheers
fermi

[Alan McMurtrie]

Here's the current one I'm keen to see open -- 11-KD-1



And this one 10-CC-2


11-JK-1

[Cfred72]

I bought six pot of Iris 'Katharine Hodgking' in gardening(1,49€/pot). There were six bulbs per pot. I took them out of the pots. I washed their roots to remove the very moist soil and won in hypertufa planters waiting to see if they are not virosed. Apparently not. I would plant them in the garden once their cycle is over.

[Alan McMurtrie]

I quite like the markings on 10-CC-2
March 30


April 2


11-KD-1 is quite nice, but it does make me realize what a true colour break Tequila Sunrise (09-LE-2) was last year


Here's one that knocked my socks off - 11-JB-11
The dark colours of course don't stand out like yellow or orange does, but I was amazed


A cutie 10-AI-1

[Jupiter]

Fantastic set Alan. I especially like 10-AJ-2. Such richness in that brown hue.

[Alan McMurtrie]

Last year a slug nipped the base of 11-GN-2's flower just as it was opening.  This year we get to see it in all of it's glory
March 29




April 2nd


April 5th

[Alan McMurtrie]

Here's one of this year's best in my mind - 09-HT-1
April 2nd



Which becomes...
April 5th



It finished on April 9th.  Here's what it looked like on April 5th in the morning (8:30 AM).  The two pictures with the colour change were taken at 1:30 PM

[Cfred72]

Allan, you really get closer to a beautiful orange color ... Congratulations

[Cfred72]

I have a seed pod of Iris "Eye Catcher", another one of "Amazing". I also have other Iris reticulata with seed pods.
I am very pleased to have obtained it.
Remains to succeed the harvest and the sem of seeds now.
On the first photo, on the right is Iris "Eye Catcher", on the left is Iris "Amazing".

[olegKon]

1. Any idea of what it is? It popped up among "Harmony" but flowered a fortnight earlier
2. It is supposed to be "Frank Elder"
3. Iris winogradovii

[Alan McMurtrie]

You clearly have one of my F1 sophenensis x danfordiae hybrids as indicated by the hair-like standards (due to the effect of danfordiae).  It is 2n=18.

I would think your "Frank Elder" is actually Katharine Hodgkin because of the yellow on the fall blade.

[olegKon]

Thank you, Alan, for clarification. I am so happy to have one of your hybrids flowering. So it may be a stray bulblet of what I grow as Blue Ice, which I received as a single bulb back in 2011 and which gave a single flower for 4 seasons and no flowers in 2016 and 2017. What a delight I have it flowering again in a place of its own choice. Thanks again for your work

[Alan McMurtrie]

Hi Oleg, At some point after the leaves die down, dig up the bulb.  You should find a large bulb, a medium bulb, and a number of bulblets.  The base of the large bulb will be about 2¾ inches deep (7 cm).  Replant the large bulb at the same depth, then plant about ½ of the bulblets about ¾ inch deep (2 cm), in a circle about 2 inches from the main bulb.  The medium bulb and bulblets can be planted in a similar way in a second location.

Some of the F1 clones do better than others.  This is what I like to see (from this year; just went out and counted 25 dead-heads).  I have a couple of other large clumps.  I took a number of bulbs off a clump with 23 flowers last year (14 the year before), to give to Kew as well as plant in a second location

[olegKon]

Thank you, Alan, for advice. I hope I will eventually have a clump like this breathtaking one of yours.
Any idea of what this Iris is? I got it a number of years ago as Iris histrio which it certainly isn't. A variety of Iris reticulata?