Iris and some Irids 2011

[Regelian]

Here are the I. pumilas

[Tom Waters]

Excellent dwarf species, Jamie!

[PeterT]

Christian what about Iris tigridia or  Iris tigridia var. fortis

hello dave,
i think you are right, looks like this, thanks a lot for help.....
cheers
chris

This was my first guess too Davey, but also there is Iris loczyi and Iris sikkimensis and Iris tenuifolia none of which I know, but a plant of loczyi was exhibited a couple of years ago at an AGS show and featured in the bulletin.

[christian pfalz]

hello peter,
sikkimensis is too high, tenuifolia has too small leaves....eventually loczyi.....
not so easy.....
cheers
chris

[Lesley Cox]

Chris, the flowers on my hookeriana are about 7cms in diameter and as you see from the picture, they come when the foliage is still quite short. It lengthens afterwards to maybe 45cms. I've only ever had one seed pod on it but have 3 small plants from that.

[BULBISSIME]

Iris reichenbachii yellow form, easy going and floriferous species.

[Tom Waters]

This Iris reichenbachii devotee thanks you, Fred!

[christian pfalz]

lesley, my plant is only 15 cm in high....nice to hear about your three young plants.....
cheers
chris

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Some more Iris in flower here too :

1-2 Flowering for the first time : Iris korolkowii
3 Iris reichenbachii - yellow form
4 Iris reichenbachii a wine red form
5 Iris taurica

[BULBISSIME]

Luc, I think your purple Iris reichenbachii is I. suaveolens.

[arillady]

Jamie and Luc,
You both have some lovely plants there and the photography is so incredible. Love the not purple reichenbachii photo and the perfect lines on korolkowii.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Luc, I think your purple Iris reichenbachii is I. suaveolens.

It's not a very good picture Fred and obviously you only see the flower.
But it's about 30-35 cm high whereas my suaveolens is hardly 10-15 cm high.
It also came from a very reliable source (B&R Wallis) years ago, so I do think the naming is correct.  

Thanks Pat !

[BULBISSIME]

Ok Luc, but the shape is very strange.
nice plant anyway 

[Regelian]

Luc, I think your purple Iris reichenbachii is I. suaveolens.

It's not a very good picture Fred and obviously you only see the flower.
But it's about 30-35 cm high whereas my suaveolens is hardly 10-15 cm high.
It also came from a very reliable source (B&R Wallis) years ago, so I do think the naming is correct.  

Thanks Pat !

I find so many of these iris almost identical, especially in pictures, I've resorted to provenance and chromosome counts to be sure what it is. As you may have guessed, the long way around the wall.  We really need a comparison chart/collage to aid in IDs amongst dwarf to medium iris.  Actually, why stop there, the TB species are not easy, either.  No, I'm not volunteering, but would add to such a project.  I don't consider myself qualified with iris.

[WimB]

Here in flower now:

Iris attica