Reticulate Iris 2010

[Andrew]

Always happy to see the reemergence of this reticulate iris. This year it is very early, yet others treated in exactly the same way show no sign of growth.

Yery nice but not everybody will be able to guess what it is !!

[art600]

Always happy to see the reemergence of this reticulate iris. This year it is very early, yet others treated in exactly the same way show no sign of growth.

Yery nice but not everybody will be able to guess what it is !!

Uh?

[daveyp1970]

Art you haven't named the retic

[art600]

I have not named it, because it is not a garden type and I have no idea if it has a species name - it is a reticulate iris.

I would greatly appreciate if someone is able to identify it further.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Lovely I. vartanii Myriam, really sky blue !


So is your retic Art !  Is it always that early   No noses showing here yet !!!

[art600]

So is your retic Art !  Is it always that early  No noses showing here yet !!!

Luc

It has been early before, but not every year.  None of my others in pots are up.

[Lesley Cox]

Reticulate but perhaps not reticulata, in that it is so early and has no sign at all of leaves as it blooms. The colouring is like bakeriana but that too has leaves at flower time and is not as early as this. I only know of I. histrioides that is so devoid of leaves as it flowers, but obviously not that. Perhaps a new species Arthur?

[Hans A.]

Beautyful pictures and plants, Miriam!

Arthur very interesting reticulate Iris, hope someone will be able to give it an ID.

[David Nicholson]

I did wonder if Arthur's plant could be Iris histrioides var sophenensis?

[ashley]

I'd say the standards are too big David.

[art600]

Beautyful pictures and plants, Miriam!

Arthur very interesting reticulate Iris, hope someone will be able to give it an ID.

I went to the very best person - Brian Mathew.

This is what he said:

"This is the rather nice bicoloured form of Iris reticulata which grows down the western side of Iran, quite a vigorous plant in cultivation and has survived in cultivation - I think - from over 40 years ago when collected by Paul Furse, the BSBE trip and Jim Archibald.

A sub specie of Iris reticulata."

[Oron Peri]

Iris vartanii is starting to flower now,
this one has a particular Lavander color rather  then the usual grey bluish.

[BULBISSIME]

Superb picture Oron.
does it flower in the wild or did you water it in the garden ??

[PeterT]

what a wonderful colour form Oron !

[Oron Peri]

Superb picture Oron.
does it flower in the wild or did you water it in the garden ??

This one is growing in a friend's garden [which did'nt notice it's unusuall color]  but mine have started to bloom as well a few days ago that is after the rain we had some ten days ago.