Juno (Scorpiris) season 2011

[BULBISSIME]

ARRGGhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!
2 of them !!! superb !
I'm jealous ... do you get seeds ?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I need another drooling emoticon... 
Hans, these are really superb !!! 

[Hans A.]

Thanks Fred and Luc!

ARRGGhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!
2 of them !!! superb !
I'm jealous ... do you get seeds ?

- and there are still two more with buds!
They are all the same clone, but as selfing normally works much better with Junos than Oncos I hope I will get some seeds.
(Hope you tried it also with Iris edomensis   )

[Hans A.]

And some Iris persica

[BULBISSIME]

Splendid again Hans !
This miniatures Juno's are pure treasures.

[Diane Clement]

And some Iris persica 

Hans, these iris are superb as always.  I'm especially excited to see the I fosteriana as I have a pot of seedlings coming on (ex Holubec), but they'll be a while getting to flowering size, so it's nice to drool over yours in the meanwhile.

[fermi de Sousa]

So wonderful to see these juno iris!
Iris persica is simply adorable - and hardly ever seen out here!
cheers
fermi

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Hans,
They are wonderful.. and so much variability ! 
Fortunately I found the droolin' emoticon....

[Otto Fauser]

Fred and Hans , I have run out of superlatives for your beautyful Junos . Yes Hans in 1971 I saw a grassy hillside near Herat covered in thousands of I. fosteriana in flower - I was in Junoheaven ! if I remember correctly they were slightly more compact than your two .
I wonder if that hillside still looks the same in 2011?

[Juan Fornes]

   Impressive to see all your Iris! I´m speechless with such gems! I feel a litlle ashamed of showing my modest Iris palaestina, wich however caused such an excitement when yesterday began to opent its flower... Thank you all for sharing your treasures!

[BULBISSIME]

Very nice flower Juan, but do you grow it in tree bark ?

[Juan Fornes]

Very nice flower Juan, but do you grow it in tree bark ?

 No, Fred: soil used is a quite humus-rich soil, with a part of clay and an important amount of perlite. I use bark to cover a little the surface, so I can water less often, keeping roots drier, but with an incresed humidity around them. I´m just trying, but they seem to like it: I recieved 5 bulbs at the begining of November, and this is the first flower, but 2 more bulbs are alredy with buds. And what can I say about your I. edomensis: looks like a watercolor painting... Impressive!
  Hans: I´m going to show the picture of your I. palaestina to mine: maybe that´ll encourage them! And I love your velvet petals in I. fosteriana. Your I.persica... no words! About people living in Spain without knowing a word of spanish (not wanting to learn it, even at most basic level, to my opinion), makes me think it´s much more apropiated the emoticone   than your   (even though I know (I hope) you´re obviously joking)

[Maggi Young]

Juan I have to say that for people living in any country without knowing or at least trying to lrearn the language  I believe the best emoticons are 

So impolite not to learn to speak the tongue of the local people. 

[Oron Peri]

Fantastic photos every one,

Hans, your dark persica [3] is just stunning!!!

By the way it is you to blame for me starting to collect junos now, as if i didn't have enough troubles all ready...

[Hans A.]

Thanks a lot, Iris fosteriana is one of the easier species to grow here. I received one bulb a few years ago (grown from Archibald seeds), now there are 5 or 6 plants (I split it last summer). Apart of the delicate colours I like it because it does only produce delicate narrow leaves - very welcome in my small garden - it is still long way to "Little Herat".
Diane and Fred hope to see your flowering plants soon!
Luc, your droolin' emoticon ...
Juan great picture of your Iris palaestina and very interesting to read in which medium you cultivate it (grow mine in heavy gritty clay without any humus). Please keep us up to date with your results growing them in this way! (OT: Being on holidays without understanding the language I do not feel happy, but living in one without knowing the local language would be impossible - here the local language is malloquin/catalan )

By the way it is you to blame for me starting to collect junos now, as if i didn't have enough troubles all ready...

Oron, I hope I have not to feel too bad now...