Oncoseason 2010

[Lesley Cox]

Utterly fantastic flowers and photos Pat. What an amazing treat for us all. I was privileged to see a few at Otto's house this week and a few more are coming out in Tim's tunnel but not quite soon enough for me. I know that Otto will be mortgaging his house and his soul if you decide to sell some.

[arillady]

Patch 10 in full bloom
PT0327 does not show the light yellow of the standards well in this photo
PT9854 good clump of this one.
Another view - closeup
another closeup
PT9848 - this shows up more blue - looks greyish to the eye. These were taken late in the day so colours have changed slightly
Iris susiana hybrid in patch one - this one has very droopy falls looking a little like the shape of Iris iberica elegantissima in photos.
PT0445 - this has the shape of a giant paradoxa.
We are past the prime time for the arils but there is still some coming.
Have used Confidor lately to keep any aphid and spider mites at bay.
Now to post other iris species in Iris thread

[PeterT]

9854 and 9848 are superb Pat, not that they ae not all superb mind you,- but do they show hybred vigor for garden use, rot resistance and so on?

[BULBISSIME]

I hope David  will see your post Pat !
He should love his descendants  

[David Nicholson]

This David has seen 'em and he has, yet again, a very sore chin from all that drooling. It's even worse knowing that in my climate it would be just a waste of time trying them. Lovely stuff Pat.

[arillady]

Peter,
PT9848 is on the top left of the first picture from the last series posted
And PT9854 is the three that stand out in the middle of the clump.
Both seem to have good vigour and be virus free. LIke all the arils they are showing signs of a bit much water with browning to the ends of the leaves. 

[Armin]

Pat,
you have stunning arils
It is a great pleasure to look at them.

[arillady]

Thanks Armin, Lesley, David, Fred, Peter.
Another few photos taken today and yesterday
PT0434 Iris jordana or haynei x Iris samaraie dark form
PT0010 Iris jordana x Iris hermona hybrid (yellow tones)
PT9816 Iris jordana x ?
PT0106 Iris haynei hybrid x sib
PT0425 Tira Nurseries Seed mix x ((Hila x Iris samariae) x sib)
PT0425 side on
PT0327 different to another that I have posted from this cross
patch 1 (30) Iris susiana hybrid

[BULBISSIME]

Susiana hybrid is AWFUL AWESOME !!!  

[daveyp1970]

Pat have you an aim or goal when your doing your pollen dabbing,like Peter i would like to know if you have  bred for vigour ect.
i find myself going that ones stunning so is that one and then ooooooh my god have you seen that one.

Pat,
you have stunning arils
It is a great pleasure to look at them.

it's a good job this isn't a carry on film

[David Nicholson]

Susiana hybrid is AWFUL !!! 

Fred, I must be gentle here and please do not feel I am criticising your command of English (which is very good) but did you mean "awesome". "Awful" means not very nice.

[David Nicholson]

Pat have you an aim or goal when your doing your pollen dabbing,like Peter i would like to know if you have  bred for vigour ect.
i find myself going that ones stunning so is that one and then ooooooh my god have you seen that one.

Pat,
you have stunning arils
It is a great pleasure to look at them.

it's a good job this isn't a carry on film

boom boom

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's David.; I mean awesome of course and didn't know awful wasn't very nice    I'll try to remember

[ashley]

What astonishingly beautiful plants Pat, and wonderfully photographed. 
In particular the standards of PT0327different (soft grey veins on white?) and PT9816 strike me as exquisite.

[BULBISSIME]

What astonishingly beautiful plants Pat

I'll try to remember this one !!