Reticulate Iris 2010

[mark smyth]

Daz white Gail. Very pale blue maybe duck egg blue though I havent seen a duck egg in years. Tomorrow I'll get the colour chart out

[David Nicholson]

Gail, it may just be the light in which you took the pic but your little histrio doesn't look like ssp. aintabensis to me. Have a look at John Lonsadale's plant here:-

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_en-GBGB353GB353&q=Iris+histrio+ssp+aintabensis

[mark smyth]

A very long link to his Iris histrio web site
http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/Plants_album/The%20Plants%20-%20%20Complete%20Collection/Iridaceae/Iris/Subgen%20Hermodactyloides/I.%20histrio/index.html

[David Nicholson]

Mark's William looks a very pure white which mine isn't and Natasha is more of a bluey-white.  I remember seeing one called Caucasica?? somewhere but don't have it to compare.

Gail, you are probably thinking of Iris White Caucasus. There is reference to it in the thread started by Wim de Goede "Kwekerij De Schullhorn" reply 18; and also in one of Alan McMurtrie's articles, see http://www.reticulatas.com/Documents/Canadian%20Reticulata%20Iris.pdf

[Gail]

Thank you both - I think it's another one to be demoted to Iris 'misnamed'!

Mark - one of my ducks lays beige eggs and the other a dirty white.  I used to have Araucana chickens, they really do lay eggs that are 'duck egg blue'.

[PeterT]

Thanks Maggie, its good to be among other retic enthusiasts, I will post pictures as soon as I sort out how, I like Marks white "histrio" very much whatever it is! I think his picture of "Edward" is actually "Harmony" the other options for it would be "Alida" which is bigger, "Palm Springs" which I have read is a sport from "George"(a cross of histroides major), or "Pixie". I think "Pixie" is a sport of "Harmony". "Edward" is very like cantab but it has a deep purple tip to the fall.

[mark smyth]

now that has got me lost.

If only suppliers were reliable

[PeterT]

Hey Mark, unravelling these little mysteries just adds to the fun

[Armin]

Mark,
sharp photos from your retics.

Peter,
welcome to the forum. A good reference is a composite illustration from Simon (or Chris?).
'Edward' resembles 'Harmony' but 'Edward' has broader pedals.
Does anybody now the cross history of 'Edward'?

[udo]

some new Iris this weekend,

Iris hyrcana
Iris reticulata from Almeh in NO-Iran

[Armin]

Dirk,
nice reticulatas. The later is a new purple Gem?

[David Nicholson]

Nice selection Dirk.

Welcome to the Forum Peter, once you get the hang of it posting pictures is very easy (if I can do it, anyone can).

As Armin pointed out thanks to Chris Greenwell (Hristo) we have a picture record of some (but perhaps not all of the Iris reticulata species and forms) but I would also like to see a written record, together with a picture perhaps, containing as much information as posssible about each species and form. I will start a new thread shortly and ask all who can to contribute information.

[Armin]

Good idea David.

[Gail]

Wonderful idea - I've been meaning to try something similar but was finding the idea daunting....

[johnw]

One of the few reticulatas that is happy here and spreads.  Of course no known name, it came in a batch of Iris one autumn and was different than the rest. Any ideas or just a seedling?  This and Harmony are doers.  While this one resembles J.S. Dijt it is both larger and with slightly different  markings, Dijt slowly peters out here.

johnw - +17c here.