Juno (Scorpiris) - Season 2010

[BULBISSIME]

Waou !
Lucky you are 
How deep are your pots alex ?
Do you grow all of them in the greenhouse ?

[Janis Ruksans]

Fred, Alex,
Excellent plants. This form originally was collected by Arnis Seisums in Tadjikistan near Tovilj Dara village by which it was named. The darkest of rosenbackianas seen by me although flower segments are narrower than in lighter colored samples.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

First time I get flower from Iris stenophylla ssp allisonii, in the frame.

And Iris nicolai is producing more and more flowers 

This light one seem to be from Sina? If so, the correct name must be rosenbackiana as just rosenbackiana is described from Sina. I'm judging by very dark back of stigmatic branches.
Janis

[David Nicholson]

Nice show Fred and Alex.

[Alex]

Hi Fred,

Yes, all in the greenhouse and in long tom pots which are plunged.

Alex

[Hristo]

4 flowers from one bulb so far this year.

Very nice indeed Alex!

[arillady]

Janis you have a K in rosenbackiana whereas the BIS Species Group book has a H instead of the K.
I do wonder too why this book has Iris mariae spelt mairiae - this was the first time I came across the extra  I
Any thoughts on this welcome.
Fred you showed the bloom perfectly.

[BULBISSIME]

Janis, the Iris nicolai comes from DIX and I don't have more precise location.
Differences between I. nicolai and I. rosenbachiana are still not clearN unless location may be ??
I'll post this evening antoher form, my favourite one, you call it 'Harangon'.

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis you have a K in rosenbackiana whereas the BIS Species Group book has a H instead of the K.
I do wonder too why this book has Iris mariae spelt mairiae - this was the first time I came across the extra  I
Any thoughts on this welcome.
Fred you showed the bloom perfectly.

Pat, correct is rosenbachiana (with H). There are some names which I'm allways spelling incorrectly and in serious texts I allways must to check my spelling. My brain too old to learn...

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis, the Iris nicolai comes from DIX and I don't have more precise location.
Differences between I. nicolai and I. rosenbachiana are still not clearN unless location may be ??
I'll post this evening antoher form, my favourite one, you call it 'Harangon'.

Dix plants comes from Antoine Hoog and his plants from me. So I think that it is SINA - with me the poorest growing form and I almost lost it. I think not more that a pair of bulbs left.
HARANGON comes from Varzob valley, Tadjikistan. It is the best and best grower. From opposite bank of Varzob river comes VARZOB - it is most yellowish form, good grower, too, but stock at present is small (oversold and failure in growing followed, now slowly recovering). Earliest is VAHSH - originally collected by Leonid Bondarenko.
Janis

[BULBISSIME]

As promised, here is Harangon.
You're right, a strong growing plant and one of the best flower I've seen.
Thank's for all this informations janis.

[arillady]

fred a superb photo as usual - where is a green smiley?
Pat






 edit by maggi.....
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[arillady]

Janis thanks for the explanation - you are not the only one - better than getting two different plates confused all the time as I do.

[TheOnionMan]

As promised, here is Harangon.
You're right, a strong growing plant and one of the best flower I've seen.
Thank's for all this informations janis.

This is fast becoming my favorite thread, what a spectacular Iris, it has my head spinning!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I hope I'm not boring anyone with another Iris rosenbachiana 'Harangon'...  

It had two flowering stems last year  and the bulb split - I now have two healthy looking plants, but only one flowering this season.
I'm looking forward to next year already  

 

Somehow my picture seems to have gone... 

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