Iris and some Irids 2009

[Rafa]

Hello,
This is an Iris that I lost the label. I think it could be Iris pallida subsp. cengialtii

[BULBISSIME]

Splendid colors Rafa, not so pallida 

[David Nicholson]

Hello,
This is an Iris that I lost the label. I think it could be Iris pallida subsp. cengialtii

I think so too Rafa.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Another  truly stunning flower Rafa !! 

[Lesley Cox]

Hello,
This is an Iris that I lost the label. I think it could be Iris pallida subsp. cengialtii

The first time I've seen this species. A lovely colour. When I had it from a seedlist it turned out to be a Siberian.

[Tony Willis]

Three Iris attica in flower now.All from seed from near Delphi.The two cream coloured ones are a slightly different shade to each other

[Diane Whitehead]

Here is Iris confusa, in a pot in an unheated greenhouse, flowering
 earlier than the ones outside.  I grew it from seed from Darrell
Probst who collected it in western Szechuan.

Its leaves are in bunches at the end of long canes, and the flowers
are surprisingly small - only about 3 cm across.  I had expected flowers
as big or bigger than those of I. japonica.

[Tony Willis]

Diane that is really interesting.I have never seen a picture of the true species before and only seen its growth described in books.It is difficult to see it as an iris with those canes. The flowers may be small but very nice.

[BULBISSIME]

Gracefull !!!
never seen it before, thank's Diane 

[Gerhard Raschun]

Iris aff. babadagica v. alba from Janis, culture under glass, from last week

[David Nicholson]

A really nice species Gerhard.

[Gerhard Raschun]

Hello,
This is an Iris that I lost the label. I think it could be Iris pallida subsp. cengialtii

Definitifly a member of the pallidae-group =>brown, dry bracteen

But it is very difficult to distinguish the species in this group:

I. cengialtii is a very tall, and late flowering species, 2 weeks after I. pallida. The flowers are mostly not as dark as you can find in I. illyrica. It is possible to find the plant in Slovenia, south alps.

I have plants of different sources in my collection, is it possible that I have sent you a plant ?

[art600]

Here is Iris confusa, in a pot in an unheated greenhouse, flowering
 earlier than the ones outside.  I grew it from seed from Darrell
Probst who collected it in western Szechuan.

Diane
Your plant brought back many happy memories of a trip to China in 1980.  We visited Mt Emei and I found this Iris uprooted and strewn across a path.  I collected some and succeeded in flowering it.  Identification was made on a visit to Kew.
I remember the plant made vigorous growth, but did not ever produce many flowers.

[Diane Whitehead]

That's odd.  Darrell mentioned that Iris wattii had been uprooted and left lying.
Is it only iris that suffer this treatment, and do you think it is people or animals
that do it?

Our nearby wild iris (douglasiana etc) don't get touched by deer or cows,
and I recall pictures of some Chinese iris that form big clumps because
they are unpalatable, maybe to yaks?

[art600]

Diane

We put it down to people - though I can think of no reason why they would do it