Oncos 2011

[Hans A.]

I agree with you both
Sometimes it is hardly possible to tell apart one species from another, on pictures depending the camara and light conditions it is even more complicate. Have been given one as Iris nigricans which looked a bit different, checking the collection data I found out it was collected about 20 km south of Petra...
When you obtain plants in trade you get normally plants without any collection data, so like this Iris nigricans (?) which once came from PC.

[Hans A.]

Beautiful Iris sari forms, Henrik! This species is really variable including very fine and less beautiful ones.

Fine collection Peter, your Iris iberica looks like ssp. lycotis.

[BULBISSIME]

Hans, according to geography, your iris should be iris petrana, but it's very close to iris nigricans....
grows higher but not easy to see which one it is when you don't have the collecting datas.
Here are Iris petrana and 2 different clones of iris nigricans.... not easy isn't it ?? 
And the light is very important... to change the aspect 

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Hans, according to geography, your iris should be iris petrana, but it's very close to iris nigricans....
grows higher but not easy to see which one it is when you don't have the collecting datas.
Here are Iris petrana and 2 different clones of iris nigricans.... not easy isn't it ?? 
And the light is very important... to change the aspect 

HELP!

[christian pfalz]

thanks guys, i was not sure about nigricans, i became this iris as a mini rhizome from amman.....this is the first flower by me......i think this is jordana......
cheers
chris

[BULBISSIME]

HELP!
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  Hendrick,

just have to add iris jordana.... and you'll become crazy 

[BULBISSIME]

This one is the easiest one to identify
and a strong grower : it produces many many flowers per clump.

 Iris auranitica

[PeterT]

Wonderfull Fred, I have been looking forward to it since you showed it last year!

[PeterT]

A slightly paler Iris kirkwoodii from the late Jim Archibalds collection, RRW 9633

[BULBISSIME]

very nice one Peter :

[arillady]

Peter and Fred - both beautiful species and so well grown.
In the south here I am awaiting germination of aril seeds - some of the atropurpureas are up and a couple of others so far.
Pat

[PeterT]

Thats Great news on the Germination Pat

[Hans A.]

Great picture of a fine form Peter!

This one is the easiest one to identify
and a strong grower : it produces many many flowers per clump.

 Iris auranitica

Superb picture and plant! Agree with you, it is a strong grower when the conditions are correct but it is very sensitive when it gets moisture in the wrong time - this species is one of the reasons I decided to build a bulbframe the next weeks (who might have thought this would be necessary in the mediterranean )

@ Pat glad to hear about your results in Germination!

[arillady]

Found 12 pots that could be planted out. One pot was a cross from 2000 which had finally germinated two seeds: PT0023 Assorted good hybrids (brown tones) x Assorted good hybrids (lortetii like)
Iris iberica elegantissima
Iris auranitica
and some hybrid species crosses
Seed was from 2006 2007 and 2009
So the moral is: keep all seed pots forever!!!

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's Maggi for the name