Juno (Scorpiris) 2009

[Armin]

Chris and Rudi,
suberb beauties. 
Congratulations

[Paul T]

Beautiful, Rudi.  I love the colour of the flowers!  Such a good deep blue by the look of it.

[BULBISSIME]

Wonderfull colors Rudi !

[arillady]

Paul no Iris susiana has not flowered for a few years. A scientist at Waite Institute has tried on a few occasions to tissue culture it but with no success so far. I used it's pollen when it flowered last but no seeds resulted.

[Otto Fauser]

Rudi , what an unbelievable shade of blue in your second picture of I . aucheri ,
 is it true to colour? I have never seen anything like it .
Congratulations for such superb plants grown in the open garden.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great stuff everyone ! 
That blue is really heavenly Rudi ! 

[Hans A.]

Chris and Rudi thanks for showing this beauties! 
Do you know if your breathtaking Iris aucheri is from the famous KPPZ Collection at Leylek Station?

[ruweiss]

Hello Hans,
thank you for your friendly comment. You are right, the plants are KPPZ seedlings which I received
from Mr. K in 2004.

[Hans A.]

Thanks Rudi,
seeing your pictures I remembered to have seen a picture of some very variable aucherii seedlings - did you also get brighter ones?

[Hristo]

Hans, Rudi, cheers for that discussion,
Super to see those pics Rudi as we have had our first germinations from the progeny of that collection!
So another 4 years maybe to 'Child of KPPZ Leylek Station'!

[arillady]

Can someone please tell me a little about Leylek Station?

[Hristo]

This wil be my penultimate Juno post for the year, this is Iris x magnifica from AGS seed, so HOORAH, correct and fab and all the better for being seed raised!

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Chris, did you treat the seed in any way or just use the sow 'em and cover 'em with grit method?

[BULBISSIME]

Bravo Chris !
It's always so nice to get your own first flower from seeds !!!

[Hristo]

You got it David, I don't subscribe to all this plucking nipping and stuffing stuff in jiffy bags, the fridge has enough probelms coping with seed for 3,000 flowering species! The seeds go in a pot with a sandy loam mix, grit covered and then we check em every year. This year after 2 to 3 years we have had germinations of Iris rosenbachiana, Iris zenidae, Iris persica, Iris nicoli and Iris aucheri amongst others. We also have a dedicated bed for sowing the bearded and oncocyclus iris seed.

True Fred, it will be a few more years before we see more Junos flower from seed!