Reticulate Iris-2011

[wooden shoe]

Thank you Jamie,

That might indeed be Iris reticulata 'Harmony' if I compare them with yours (also very nice). It's just that there are quite some cultivars looking very similar.

[David Nicholson]

...............other than SJ Dijt, which also thrives, but gets creamed by slugs for some reason.......

Jamie

Jamie, could I just correct the typo- it is J S Dijt.

[Regelian]

tooooo fast, with the fingers!  At least you knew what I was going on about!

[udo]

today in flower,
the black-white form from Iris zagrica

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Superb flower Dirk !

[PeterT]

Fantastic Dirk,
a few more here, but the rain has rather messed the ones out side
Iris reticulata kurdica, Iris winowgradowii, Iris J S Dijt, Iris Cantab

[PeterT]

and some hybreds,
Alida, and William, supposed to be a sibling to Natascha, I have never managed to keep Natascha, but this bulb of William is  in its 2nd or 3rd  year

[ian mcenery]

First flower on I winogradowii. I divided this plant last year and planted some in a different spot and I think it will need a while to settle

[winwen]

today in flower,
the black-white form from Iris zagrica

Really fantastic, Dirk! It must be one of the most beautiful of reticulate-like irisses.
To give me an idea of it's size: how large are the pots in square in your picture?
You are talking about a "black-white form" of iris zagrica: is this really a genetically stable form or is i. zagrica so variable that it always produces different looking forms.

[udo]

today in flower,
the black-white form from Iris zagrica

Really fantastic, Dirk! It must be one of the most beautiful of reticulate-like irisses.
To give me an idea of it's size: how large are the pots in square in your picture?
You are talking about a "black-white form" of iris zagrica: is this really a genetically stable form or is i. zagrica so variable that it always produces different looking forms.

Thanks Luc, Peter and winwin.The pots are 13 x 13 cm and catch 2 litres of substrate. Till present the seedlings of this iris have not blossomed yet, possibly one is able to do the form with the blue ones form cross.

[alpinelover]

A few irises here,

Iris histrioides ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’ (foto 1)
Iris histrioides 'George' (foto 2)

[Regelian]

Beautiful 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'  Mine are still in bud.

Isn't 'George' a reticulata hybrid, not histrioides?

Ciao,

[David Nicholson]

Isn't 'George' a reticulata hybrid, not histrioides?

Ciao,

Yes.

[David Nicholson]

Iris reticulata 'White Caucasus' is just opening in my greenhouse and I must admit to being a bit disappointed. It does look to me to have some blue shading in the white rather than being the bright white I expected. It could be, of course, that the flower needs a day or so to mature. I'll try to get a picture later in the week if it ever gets bright enough outside.

[Lesley Cox]

May be wrong but I believe 'George' is histrioides (perhaps 'Major') x reticulata, hist as the seed parent so it would be thought of as a histrioides hybrid. The chunky flower and the very short foliage at flowering are typical of histrioides.