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Author Topic: Iris and some Irids 2008  (Read 27715 times)

Luc Gilgemyn

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #75 on: March 31, 2008, 07:59:43 PM »
Here's one that opened up for me today  :D :

Iris reichenbachii
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #76 on: March 31, 2008, 08:07:43 PM »
beautiful wine form!, I usually see this Iris in yellow forms.

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #77 on: March 31, 2008, 08:10:31 PM »
Nice one Luc.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #78 on: April 01, 2008, 10:24:02 AM »
Mark, I totally ignored the instructions and planted it out in my gritty bed when I got home. There are some good leaves showing now but I think the plants were too small to flower this year anyway. I will decide what to do with it later in the summer.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #79 on: April 01, 2008, 12:06:27 PM »
Iris sari should kept dry in summer and winter but watered in autumn and spring - should.....
the saris I grow receive a lot of water in winter (rainseason) and it does not seam to be negative - one plant tends to be evergreen here and showed green leaves last year even in summer.

Luc, very beautyful form of I. reichenbachii!
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #80 on: April 08, 2008, 07:49:19 PM »
A couple of pics of my Iris suaveolens.

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #81 on: April 10, 2008, 10:38:40 AM »
very beautiful plants a very good pictures David :o

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #82 on: April 10, 2008, 07:54:37 PM »
Thank you Rafa. :-[
David Nicholson
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #83 on: April 10, 2008, 10:48:52 PM »
A lovely form David.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #84 on: April 11, 2008, 08:13:18 AM »
yeah, I love it too !  :)
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #85 on: April 12, 2008, 09:37:23 PM »
Now flowering:
Iris mellita from Turkey
Iris attica from Mt.Parnithos near Athen/,I also have one with blue flowers.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #86 on: April 13, 2008, 03:37:11 PM »
Very nice Iris,  :o they are so tiny

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #87 on: April 14, 2008, 03:27:27 AM »
Hi Rudi,
that Iris mellita looks very much like the one I was given as Iris attica, but which I'd presumed was Iris suavolens!
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Do you know how to tell the difference?
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #88 on: April 14, 2008, 06:03:54 AM »
Iris attica is one of the forebears of the smallest dwarf beared hybrids and has similar short, upright foliage while I. suaveolens (syn mellita) has recurved, scimitar-like foliage. The flowers are similar yet different once you know them both.
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2008
« Reply #89 on: April 14, 2008, 11:53:24 PM »
I understand that it has been decided that the iris attica from around Delphi and I think Athens is now suaveolens.Does this mean there is no such thing as attica. Mellita is just a form of suaveolens.

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