Juno (Scorpiris) season 2011

[Alex]

Enough to stop them freezing, which needed quite a bit of heat at times - they were usually more than 4C.

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's Alex.
I give them a bit more, but not the best way I  think.

[PeterT]

David my junos have no heat, I stop the sand getting very dry at any time but the main waterings were cautiously in October/ November and again in early February and again last week. warleyensis is just growing its leaves now and nowhere near flowering yet. I Sindpers is 1/2 stenophylla which is not out yet with me. I galatica, persica , stenophylla and narbuti are very early flowering plants and as Janis pointed out so is the rosenbachiana group so you are not really behind me unless you are growing rosenbachiana, Sindpers or narbuti. 

[Lesley Cox]

'Sindpers' is 1/2 aucheri (syn sindjarensis) and 1/2 persica unless you are suggesting stenophylla and persica are synonyms?

[David Nicholson]

Peter, thanks for that.

[PeterT]

Lesley, I may have got this mixed up, - I often do get these things slightly wrong, but, I believe at the time the cross was made and recorded, stenophylla was regarded as a form of persica

[Hans A.]

Maggi posted this regarding Iris 'Sindpers': http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4764.msg165513#msg165513

[Lesley Cox]

Tony Hall at Kew reckoned that 'Sindpers' or x Sindpers was aucheri x persica and the other, aucheri x galatica (syn purpurea) was actually called 'Sindpur.' I remember when he was here in 2000 someone had a picture incorrectly spelt 'Sindpur' and he got terribly excited to realize it was actually still around, albeit in NZ. Then he realized the spelling mistake as the picture labelled 'Sinpur' was actually of 'Sindpers.'

You're right Peter, years ago stenophylla and others were thought to be vars of persica. To be truthful, I'm of the opinion they still are.

[Janis Ruksans]

You're right Peter, years ago stenophylla and others were thought to be vars of persica. To be truthful, I'm of the opinion they still are.

Oh, no, Leslie! They are too different!
Janis

[Lesley Cox]

Well you must understand Janis, the comment was from one who has only ever seen pictures of them all, never grown any except rosenbachiana briefly. It flowered twice from seed then died. I've not seen any other of those little species in NZ.

[PeterT]

Thanks Lesley, your memory of the confusion is better than mine.
 
Janis are there not intermediates between Iris stenophylla, persica and galatica?
I grow a form of each and they are all very different but I understand the three species merge at the edges of their ranges in the wild?

[BULBISSIME]

I've several clones of Iris rosenbachiana, but I think my favourite one is 'Harangon', from Janis, with many flowers, and vigourous growth.

[Janis Ruksans]

Thanks Lesley, your memory of the confusion is better than mine.
 
Janis are there not intermediates between Iris stenophylla, persica and galatica?
I grow a form of each and they are all very different but I understand the three species merge at the edges of their ranges in the wild?

I. persica and galatica sometimes are difficult to separate and if not the difference in chromosomes - I would be merging both, but not stenophylla.
Janis

[arillady]

So beautiful Fred

[David Nicholson]

My first two Junos of the season, both from PeterT's List.

Iris tubergeniana

Iris bucharica 'Baldschuan Yellow'