Iris and some Irids 2010

[PeterT]

Will post pictures of gramineas and hopefully some of ruthenica

[Michael J Campbell]

Iris germanica fall fiesta.
Iris filifolia var latifolia
Dutch Iris double flower.
Iris ?
PC. hybs.

[David Nicholson]

What a lovely selection of Irises Michael. I'm waiting for my I filifolia to flower. Haven't seen a double Dutch Iris before.

[Gerhard Raschun]

Michael, wonderful collection, especially the PCIs

first thought your Iris spec. could be Iris setosa

[David Nicholson]

Here's a pic of part of my little Iris bed which I have planted out with plants I have grown from Seed Ex. seed sown mainly in 2007 with some in 2008. So far I have a few of each of the following:- chrysographes; spuria ssp. maritima; spuria ssp. musulmanica; sintenisii; lutescens; sibirica and setosa var. hookeri. I have high hopes of it next year if I can keep the local cats off it  It's nothing to shout about this year but one of the I. sintenisii has thrown up a couple of blooms.

[PeterT]

I think it is setosa too, They are super Michael,  Fall Fiesta is amazing, I love th xiphium species, great to see them.
This is an Iris I grew from seed a few years ago any one able to give me a name please

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Looks very promising David  - are your retics in there as well ??

[David Nicholson]

Looks very promising David  - are your retics in there as well ??

No Luc, they are all in a different bed.

[Lesley Cox]

Oleg, your iris is definitely I. graminea. Have a sniff at it. It should be scented of apricots or greengages.

And your unidentified one is definitely setosa Michael. There are several forms and the shorter forms (to about 15 inches) are var hookeri or var nana or var canadensis, depending on source or preference I think.

[olegKon]

Thanks, Gerhard and Lesley for the correct identification of the Iris

[PeterT]

Iris setosa Tourist Which is about 4 feet tall ( over 1meter) and Iris bulleyana coll Seichuan  both in the rain, and a tetraploid sibtosa I think it is called Iris Sunny Red Wine.

[Diane Whitehead]

Oh my goodness, Peter, where are you growing that giant setosa?

Last year a tiny PCI seedling from Lois Belardi's Just My Type bloomed for me.  It was the only one from about a dozen seedlings that had the slightest resemblance to its blue and white seed parent, as the others were all pale yellow and purple. The pollen parent was unknown, but perhaps it contributed the yellow to all the other seedlings, and one seed could have been self-pollinated.   I was delighted with it, even though it does not seem at all strong and did not flower this year.

This year a friend's seedling flowered.  She was very excited, and I love it too. She thinks perhaps the seed came from the Alpine Club of B.C.'s seed exchange, so there is no way we can know the parentage.

[Regelian]

Wow, Diane,
your friends seedling is just fabulous!  I've not yet seen such a clear play of shape, contrast and colour in a PCH before.  Absolutely smashing!

[PeterT]

Wow, Diane,
your friends seedling is just fabulous!  I've not yet seen such a clear play of shape, contrast and colour in a PCH before.  Absolutely smashing!

Absolutely!! a fabulous seedling Diane.
I believe Setosa Tourist is a wild selection, Its seed is sometimes offerd but I bought this named from joe pye weed in America, It has had no fertiliser or special encoragement

[Diane Whitehead]

I regularly pull out seedlings that I find unsatisfactory, but I have learned to
check more thoroughly before doing so.  Sometimes a plant with the most
insipid flowers has other desirable qualities. 

So - I smell it.  (I've had only one scented PCI so far, about 25 years ago,
and it died, but I keep hoping for another.)

I count the buds.  I was just about to rip out a plant once and noticed it had
nine buds per stem.

Here is the latest plant that I almost pulled - well, almost dug out since it is
a big clump.  It opened its first bud April 15 and has just finished flowering.
Digital pictures make it so easy to keep track of flowering dates.
That is 6 weeks of flowers, so I can forgive its tucked-under flowers, and
might decide to use it for hybridizing next year.  Too late for this year, as
I just checked the calendar today and the last flower has shrivelled.