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Luc Gilgemyn

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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #150 on: February 22, 2009, 11:41:28 AM »
Stunning Junos everyone ! 
I'm afraid you've all made me become adicted to them... so here's my first (limited) success, it's been shown here before, I hope you don't mind seeing it again :

I. rosenbachiana 'Harangon'

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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #151 on: February 22, 2009, 02:23:07 PM »
Great plants and pic Luc, but you should hold your background ... more in the background  ;)
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #152 on: February 22, 2009, 08:30:56 PM »
Hey Luc, a great attempt. You must tell me more about how you grow them.
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #153 on: February 23, 2009, 08:26:54 AM »
Quote from: BULBISSIME on February 22, 2009, 02:23:07 PM
Great plants and pic Luc, but you should hold your background ... more in the background  ;)

I will remember that Fred !
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Luc Gilgemyn
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #154 on: February 23, 2009, 08:40:02 AM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on February 22, 2009, 08:30:56 PM
Hey Luc, a great attempt. You must tell me more about how you grow them.

Thanks David !  As I mentioned, this is a first, so I'm by no means a specialist...
I obtained the bulb two years ago, but it failed to flower last year.
So I'm quite exited it does this year !  My treatment is the following.

I potted it up in a long tom pot in september with its fleshy roots in a mix of 60 % grit and 40 % J.I. compost.  The bulb itself was sitting on top of that mix and then covered with 100 % grit.
Watered twice in the Fall and then once or twice sparingly when the shoots emerge...

After it has finished flowering, I will water it only very carefully (adding some potash of course  ;) ) until the leaves start to wither.

The leaves disappear in April or so and after that the pot remains bone dry in my veranda (where it spends the whole year actually - I don't have a proper greenhouse  :'(   ) -
During Summer it can get to 40 °C on the hottest days in there so it does get the "baking" its seems to like... and it's frostfree in Winter.

Maybe I should have posted this in the "I'm very happy" thread...  ;D

« Last Edit: February 23, 2009, 08:42:19 AM by Luc Gilgemyn »
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #155 on: February 23, 2009, 09:20:46 AM »
Thanks Luc, it seems to be working well for you.
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #156 on: February 23, 2009, 09:57:07 AM »
Quote from: Luc Gilgemyn on February 23, 2009, 08:40:02 AM
My treatment is the following.
I potted it up in a long tom pot in september with its fleshy roots in a mix of 60 % grit and 40 % J.I. compost.  The bulb itself was sitting on top of that mix and then covered with 100 % grit.
Watered twice in the Fall and then once or twice sparingly when the shoots emerge...

Hi Luc,
Do you have a source for J.I. compost and long toms in Belgium?
I can't imagine that you hop over the channel with composts in sacks plus the pods.
But of course, nothing is impossible!  ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #157 on: February 23, 2009, 10:08:53 AM »
Rafa and Luc, thanks for showing this fine plants - Iris kuschakewiczii is a real stunner!
I did not get any flower of Iris rosenbachiana this year - just leaves ::) - so I enjoy the pics of this species in this forum. :D
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #158 on: February 23, 2009, 01:08:24 PM »
Quote from: Gerdk on February 23, 2009, 09:57:07 AM

Hi Luc,
Do you have a source for J.I. compost and long toms in Belgium?
I can't imagine that you hop over the channel with composts in sacks plus the pods.
But of course, nothing is impossible!  ;D ;D ;D

Gerd

This world is a funny place Gerd.  ::)
No J.I. or long Toms in Belgium  :( ... but gardeners cannot be stopped, can they ???

I normally try to attend 2 or 3  AGS shows per year .... and yes.... on my way home we do stop at a garden center and bring some 15 bags of J.I. compost... + long Toms when needed....
I always have the feeling I'm responsible for a big hole somewhere in the British landscape...  ;D ;D

Quote from: Hans A. on February 23, 2009, 10:08:53 AM
Rafa and Luc, thanks for showing this fine plants - Iris kuschakewiczii is a real stunner!
I did not get any flower of Iris rosenbachiana this year - just leaves ::) - so I enjoy the pics of this species in this forum. :D

You're welcome Hans !  Very happy I could fill a gap...  after all the beauties you've shown here !  :D
« Last Edit: February 23, 2009, 01:24:08 PM by Luc Gilgemyn »
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #159 on: February 23, 2009, 04:16:09 PM »
Luc, you are in good company - I always took some pieces of limestone rock with me on my way back from Spain. My wife wasn't delighted but had a commodious footrest.

Gerd
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #160 on: February 23, 2009, 05:15:51 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D

We all belong to the same species Gerd !  ;)
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #161 on: February 28, 2009, 12:42:45 PM »
From today, an I. rosenbachiana 'Harangon' which is huge (not the best photo, sorry) and I. svetlanae, a nice intense yellow.

Cheers,

Alex
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #162 on: February 28, 2009, 01:17:05 PM »
The Iris svetlanae looks like a great plant. Does anyone else agree that this could be what my Iris narbutii x maracandica really is? - i'm reposting my pic.
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #163 on: February 28, 2009, 05:27:49 PM »
Iris sp# 1 Afghanistan, any idea ???
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Re: Juno (Scorpiris) 2009
« Reply #164 on: February 28, 2009, 06:17:54 PM »
An amazing Juno, Rafa!
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