Iris and some Irids 2011

[BULBISSIME]

Oron, your last picture is like a painting ! 
splendid !!! this landscape with such nice plants looks like eden, congratulations.

[Regelian]

Oron, Pat,

looking at the field foto, I get the idea this is a watershed habitat.  Plants with deep enough roots would almost always have moisture available.  Only the top 50cm of soil probably get really dry, if that.  I would expect these species would benefit from a bit more water that expected, when in cultivation, just as many oncos do.  It may be they are disappearing in the wild due to a dropping watertable, caused by intensive agriculture elsewhere.

Just a thought....

[Lesley Cox]

A privilege to see I grant-duffii in flower or at all! One of those legendry species one wondered if it even really existed.

[Hans A.]

Whatever its breeding future or lack of it, I hope it thrives for you Hans and I look forward to a picture of a big flowering clump in a year or two.

Thanks a lot, Lesley - it is for sure an Arilbred (produces 2 flowers per stalk) - and I am already happy how it performs this year.

[arillady]

Wow Hans that is a really nice clump

[Hans A.]

Thanks Pat!

[arillady]

After work today I went to the landscape supplier near work with my buckets and large containers in the boot of my car to get 7ml gravel. (if you want a job well done do it yourself!!!))) I did it yesterday as well so now I can replant some of the arils tomorrow and feel satisfied that they have had the best possible beginning to the season. The ones left in the ground are powering ahead with new growth already !
Also need to pot up some of the seeds that I received this year.
Yesterday when I took out the treated aril and juno seeds which have been soaked and were in perlite in the fridge for over a month there were some germinating well - they are now potted up and out in the weather. I had soaked these seeds longer this year than I normally soak seed.
 

[Arykana]

the first one in this year

[David Nicholson]

Iris attica 'Purple Form'.  Virus?

[PeterT]

Could be frost damage, was it outside this winter David? are the flowers streaked or just deformed?

[Hans A.]

Today 'm2', a sibling of 'm1', started to flower - it looks similar an Onco - not the worst one .

[daveyp1970]

Hans that is incredible!

[Hans A.]

Thanks a lot Dave, yes this is the same I thought when saw it today. It is the first flower of this plant  and so I was very curios how it would look like. I am very pleased with the result.

[arillady]

It is interesting how some siblings can be nearly the same but others can be quite different. Love the colouring and patterning Hans.
Some atropurpurea embryo cultured by Peter Gras in Sydney and sent to me in test tubes are now out of the dark and on a window sill - green is coming and a second leaf seems to be forming. 9 out of 12 survived - now to see which ones keep growing.
I find this utterly fascinating when you know how tiny the embryo was in the beginning.

[Lesley Cox]

May I make a plea that posters look for the appropriate Iris thread before posting? There are retics and oncos here though each has its own thread and last year at least, bearded irises had a dedicated thread too. It would make finding things later, much easier.