Oncoseason 2010

[Lesley Cox]

Can we have a picture John, of 'Return to Aga' please. Otherwise it's just something I'd be expecting the cat to do on a chilly autumn night.

[arilnut]

Here ya go Lesley.

John

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks John, your 'Return to Aga' looks very like a SDB I have, called 'Mighty Mite.' I don't think there's any aril breding in it though. I went out to take a photo but it's just finished.

[Ragged Robin]

OK a few more but it is AB season starting and the species are fading with only an odd new one now.
I will show the aril species hybrids in this post and the arilbreds in the next post.
I really love the soft pink lortetii like ones and the last two. The veining in the standards is amazing.

Pat, looking at your Irises is so delicious it is impossible to choose a favourite - the forms the colour and the  translucent falls with such variety of veining are bewitching 

[arillady]

There has been quite a few blooms on other irises and some arils since I last posted. Been too busy to post.
I will just add a few now
A few of my arilbreds that I have bred.
This last one was a surprise this evening. The tag is worn out and what I can work out it was possibly from BIS seed - need to check further for details of it.
Will post more on this thread and the iris thread when I have a bit more time.

[Paul T]

Pat,

Gorgeous pics, as always.  2095 is just gorgeous, both in colour and form.  Love the species hybrids you posted on the previous page too, particularly some of those susiana hybrids.  Stunning!!

Thanks for posting.

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

Other than 'Orb' (which Fermi has already posted a pic of, so I won't), the only one of the aril hybrids I have had bloom is an Iris hermonis hybrid (or should that be Iris hermona hybrid?) that I bought from Marcus, which originally came from Pat Toolan apparently.    Small world eh?

[PeterT]

An onco in flower here, it forgot to wait for winter.  I think it is Iris sari but I'm not sure, it did not flower in the spring and as i divided so many this piece has missed labeling in 2009 so I would be glad of a definate identification 

[arilnut]

I believe you are correct Peter. Here is a photo off SIGNA website.


John

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

An onco in flower here, it forgot to wait for winter.  I think it is Iris sari but I'm not sure, it did not flower in the spring and as i divided so many this piece has missed labeling in 2009 so I would be glad of a definate identification 

Indeed, it's Iris sari.
Herewith a picture of my plant.
Hendrik

[PeterT]

Thankyou John, Hendrik,
I believe it is the form I bought some years ago from Norman Stevens - Very Dark and very short.

[arillady]

It is very interesting Peter that you have an Iris sari flowering now as I do too - 6 months difference
I am waiting on Iris aurantica to come out - lovely coloured buds - two will flower in the next few days. If it held off a bit I could take it to the Barossa Rose and Flower show on Saturday.
No other arils to flower after this last species.

[PeterT]

Congratulations on your sari and on aurantica Pat.
 I understand that night length plays a part in stimulating pogons to flower, remontancy and simultaneous flowering between hemispheres would fit this theory.

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Thankyou John, Hendrik,
I believe it is the form I bought some years ago from Norman Stevens - Very Dark and very short.

Probably is your plant sari 'Manissadjianii', the short variant of sari.
Hendrik

[PeterT]

Thank you Hendrik, I bought another ssp manissadjianii last year, hopefully both plants will flower together in the spring!