Iris and some Irids 2009

[Rafa]

Thank you friends!

Oron, I grow most of Iris in this type of plastic pots (15x15x20 cm). I recognize they are very ugly, bad isolated from warm/cold etc.. but very useful when you have a little garden, it helps to arrange better the space. Anybody knows this kind of square pots in clay (and cheap )

I enclose pictures of Iris taurica f. yellow, very vanilla scent!

[Anthony Darby]

Gosh, so tiny but so exquisite!

[David Nicholson]

Absolutely beautiful Iris Rafa, your I. attica is well in advance of mine. I wasn't sure about I. taurica and looked it up in the Kew Check List where it is shown as a synonym of Iris pumila ssp. pumila. On the other hand the SIGMA data base shows it as I. pumila ssp. taurica Still, whatever it's called, it's a lovely little plant.

[Lesley Cox]

What a lovely show Rafa. The video is great and doesn't the Greek music suit them beautifully? It's easy to see where all the modern forms/colours come from, when we see such a selection of colours and markings on the wild plants. This was a real treat for me.

[arillady]

Oh Rafa,
Some real beauties there. I had never thought to look on facebook for any plant material. Thank you so much for putting that link on. Wonder if the white standards, dark blue falls Iris attica is in cultivation - stunning.
The smaller iris species do well here thankfully

[Oron Peri]

Rafa, thanks for the information and the photos, I also grow the small size Iris in these kind of pots,
even a bit smaller 10x10x18.
they seem to enjoy it also for the fact that soil dry quickly.

[Rafa]

another two Iris, Iris taurica f. violet (or Iris pumila subsp.taurica) and Iris pseudopumila f. yellow

[Hans A.]

Rafa, thanks for this fantastic Irisshow - many hardly seen species !

Something a bit more common is Iris suaveolens which is an flower now.

[Tony Willis]

Rafa super pictures and I really enjoyed the video which brought back memories of seeing them above Delphi

[David Nicholson]

Rafa, thanks for this fantastic Irisshow - many hardly seen species !

Something a bit more common is Iris suaveolens which is an flower now.

Hans, for those of us whose climate rules out Oncos, Regelias and most of the Junos a good form of Iris suaveolens is all we have left

[Armin]

Rafa,
thank for the I.attica You Tube link. Excellent.
Great pictures from everybody.

[Hans A.]

Rafa, thanks for this fantastic Irisshow - many hardly seen species !

Something a bit more common is Iris suaveolens which is an flower now.

Hans, for those of us whose climate rules out Oncos, Regelias and most of the Junos a good form of Iris suaveolens is all we have left

Sorry David, I think I expressed me vague  - I refered to all the nice dwarf Pogons Rafa showed (which also should be growable in a frame in GB)- in relation to them Iris suaveolens is one of the commonest.

[Rafa]

very beautiful one, Hans, in few hours I will post yellow form of this species, you currently grow it, isen't it?

This is Iris astrachanica Iris scariosa (thank for correct the ID Yuri)

[Maggi Young]

OOH! My word! Would you look at the colour of the pollen on that anther in pic P1010014  !!!! Fabulous!

[Rafa]

It is a shame my camera just have f.8 diafragm, and this means not much depth field to have focus in all parts...