Iris and some Irids 2010

[Lesley Cox]

Thank you all, John, Gerhard and Pat. I can see the auranitica is that lovely glowing copper colour.

You're right Pat, we ARE very much in the wilderness in NZ and AUS now, with nothing new allowed into the country. IT's so depressing to see such fabulous plants shown here and at the shows and know we can never even TRY to grow them, let alone succeed.

[PeterT]

This plant was grown from seed labled Iris innominata hand pollinated, I am not very familier with the species but though lovely I think it is a hybred, I have another plant of innominata which is much smaller with grass like leaves.

[Lesley Cox]

I think it is a hybrid too Peter but a very nice one in both form and colour. Innominatas are very nice for picking for a vase.

[David Nicholson]

First Dutch Irises of the year for me, always seems to be the white/yellows that flower first.

[Regelian]

My only blooming PCI, a hybrid I raised from douglasiana seed many years ago.  Still with me, but is not a strong a bloomer as before.

[Afloden]

My first flowering of I. delavayi from wild collected seed collected by the taxonomic author of Iris of China, Waddick, James W.; Yu-Tang, Zhao. It only took fives years, but the flower is beautiful and at 1 m high it makes an impression.

 Aaron

[Maggi Young]

Beautiful flower, Aaron.
for those who would like details of the book:
Iris of China : James W. Waddick and Zhao Yu-tang :ISBN 0-88192-207-2, printed by Timber Press in 1992

[Lesley Cox]

I. delavayi, if given a good moist and rich soil, will grow to all of TWO metres. A magnificent sight in full bloom.

[daveyp1970]

Heres two that are out now.
1 I.innominata
2 PCI lost label(peter your welcome to a piece of this as well)

[PeterT]

good plants Davey, My innominata is very tiny and is all yellow,
Here is a picture of another PCI species, Iris chrysophylla, a vigorous form, a picture of my Xdouglasii  seedling in full bloom, and I confusa which I grew from Brittish Iris Society seed

[PeterT]

and a close up of the I confusa

[David Nicholson]

Lovely selection Peter.

[Lesley Cox]

Lovely to see Iris chrysophylla in flower. It took me a couple of attempts to bring them past seedling stage. They germinated well (from NZIS seed I think) and were potted up but rotted off at about 3-5 months. The present batch are doing much better, though with recent heavy rain, I might put the pots over bark or gravel instead of in their present polystyrene trays where they don't drain as well.

It's that awful time of year here when there's not a single iris in bloom. I hate it!

[PeterT]

I find sand best Lesley, it gets a better capiliary action, air under the pots prevents excess water from draining, ( perched water table, I recently discoverd that it is called) - you probably know anyway but I thought I'd say just in case

[mark smyth]

Way back in 2006 I was given a bit of this Iris. It flowered the following year.

I've had to wait three years for it to flower again. One flowering stem back then but 10 this year!!

First photo taken with a Nikon Coolpix
Next two taken with a Canon ixus