Oncos 2011

[Lesley Cox]

The veining and sometimes spotting is very beautiful and I think the blue variant is a lovely. Like you Chloe, I really like the way the buds are, with the short falls just half way up the buds instead of fully wrapping around the way they would in most other irises.

[Casalima]

The veining and sometimes spotting is very beautiful and I think the blue variant is a lovely. Like you Chloe, I really like the way the buds are, with the short falls just half way up the buds instead of fully wrapping around the way they would in most other irises.

It was Miriam, not me, but the buds are very lovely indeed!

[Lesley Cox]

So it was. Sorry to you both.

[daveyp1970]

I think this is the right place for the pics of my Onco seedlings that i have grown in clay pebbles.
They were sown last winter and theyfrom Pats breeding(Thank you again Pat,i posted the seed today and they were clearly marked as to what they were).

[PeterT]

 very nice seedlings but if you are giving them a summer dormancy Dave, don't let them dessicate.there is not a lot of rhizome there yet to sustain the plants in hot conditions.

[daveyp1970]

Cheers for that Peter.Should i put them back in the sand plunge.

[PeterT]

I would keep them away from hot sun unless the roots have access to moisture.
in fact I would keep them away from hot sun their first year anyway. wet the roots once in a while  and if they are shaded they will probably carry on growing

[Regelian]

Dave,

I can only augment what Peter said about dessication.  I did in quite a few plants my first season with arils, due to lack of moisture.  Plunging in a sand bed is a common solution, although I do not have room for a sand bed.  It will keep a modicum of moisture available. 

[daveyp1970]

I have now made a little sand plunge with a seed tray and placed it under my bench in the shade,will this be ok?

[Regelian]

Should do the trick, just keep the sand moist.  As I've not done any sand-bed stuff, maybe someone more experienced can chime in, here.

[PeterT]

moist sand under them will be ok so  long as they stay cool.
 hot and dry =dessication, hot and wet = instant rot. 
I think natures way is, perhaps a gravel layer of insulation on top, and deep roots

[arillady]

I agree with Peter. I would let the base of the roots be in contact with moisture but the rhizomes to stay dry. Some can stand more moisture than others I have found. I have not recorded which though.
Last year I had seedlings in seed pots all summer with the occasional watering under shade cloth most of the day during summer. This is for the first year from seed - the following year they should be ok.
I keep most of my rhizomes (if I dig them) in paper bags just in boxes in the carport all summer. It has only been some of the smallest that have dessicated - and you kick yourself.

[art600]

On my many trips to Turkey I had never seen Iris sari.  This time I knew where they were, but the strange weather that turkey had been having meant that flowers were very scarce.

1.  This clump have approx 30 buds
2.  A bud about to open
3.  Iris sari in flower  

[Lesley Cox]

That flower is truly spectacular when we are used to seeing sari with less purple, more yellowish colouring. Thanks Arthur.

[PeterT]

Arthur I have to agree with Lesley, Hendrik showed some lovely variations too -they are around,