Juno (Scorpiris) - Season 2010

[Ragged Robin]

Absolutely, I join with Luc in hoping for more 

[arillady]

Iris aucheri ex Leylek Station with the original flower and a second one.
Also two shots of lovely clumps.
One is Sindper (or is it Sindpur according to Mathew) and the other came as Iris leptophylla seed as you can see from the tag.
It will be interesting to see what flowers appear.

[PeterT]

Hi Pat, did you get the 'leptophylla'  seed from Tims 02 and 03 seed lists? I got a couple of nice orchioides types and lusitanica, nicholi and fosteriana, but an awfull lot of them turned into vicaria or else geyberiana hybreds , It sure dont look like a pseudoregelia hope its a good juno though

[arillady]

 Peter I hope you will be able to name the juno when it flowers. The "leptophylla" was received 5.1.05 from the BIS seedlist as 132 Iris leptophylla TL UK which I take to be Tim Loe - yes I agree it has to be a juno of some sort.
I looked at the Jillik(?) website last night and I sure wish he had not labled all the Junos as he did as we need the correct bot name to receive them in Australia

[Otto Fauser]

Peter I hope you will be able to name the juno when it flowers. The "leptophylla" was received 5.1.05 from the BIS seedlist as 132 Iris leptophylla TL UK which I take to be Tim Loe - yes I agree it has to be a juno of some sort.
I looked at the Jillik(?) website last night and I sure wish he had not labled all the Junos as he did as we need the correct bot name to receive them in Australia

               
 Pat , please do take a photo of your 'leptophylla ' when in flower . Maybe it was misspelled and should be leptorrhiza , a little known russian Juno .They certainly look healthy and vigorous .
   Otto .

[arillady]

That would be exciting Otto if it proves to be I. leptorrhiza
Pat

[arillady]

third flower on the stem of Iris aucheri ex Leylek Station
Does anyone have any information on Leylek Station??

[BULBISSIME]

Incredible colour Pat !
is it true or modified by the camera ?

[Hans A.]

Superb Plant, Pat!
As I know the plants from "Leylek Station" in Turkey all came from a KPPZ collection  (M. Kammerlander, E. Pasche, J. Perssson & H. Zetterlund) - It seems to be a very variable population from white to darkest blue. Michael Kammerlander showed me a picture of plants rised from seeds of this collection, they were unbelivable different - all  colourshades were present.

[David Nicholson]

Pat, my understanding is exactly the same as Hans but I think I read somewhere that the original collection was of seed. There are a number of named clones eg. 'Leylek Ice' and 'Leylek Lilac'.

[Hans A.]

but I think I read somewhere that the original collection was of seed.

Yes, I think so - sorry when expressed me wrong.

[arillady]

When I think station I think of a railway station or a great sheep or beef property. Was Leylek Station a reserve, an area, town, or what???
Were any papers published about this collection in any journals or is there a source somewhere to read the findings etc?
Fred if anything I would say that the colour should have more dark purple in it. I will take up the colour charts and try to find the correct colour.
I will post a couple of photos of aril hybrids later that seem to be a very similar colour but comes out bluer too with my Nikon D3000.

[arillady]

The colour of the Leylek Station aucheri is 834 Royal Purple or 934 Plum Purple - can't tell for sure as they are so very similar.
The other junos which are going to flower - possibly - are from Anne Blanco-White in 2003 mainly

[arillady]

Checking the irises late this afternoon I found Sindper/Sindpur in flower. Now to check that it is correct. Used its own pollen on itself - now to wait and see if they are self sterile like the arils.
Seems that Sindper and Sindpur may be two different named forms - after a google search. I also found that this is different to one on John Londsdale's site. Must get out Mathew and read up now.

[daveyp1970]

That would be exciting Otto if it proves to be I. leptorrhiza
Pat

paul christian is selling this fantastic juno here in the uk pat http://rareplants.co.uk/popuplargeimage.asp?s=vmiXpw563239&strImage=5098.jpg&strImageType=version&strPageTitle=Iris%20leptorhiza