Juno (Scorpiris) season 2012

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A very good yellow in your svetlaenae Ron !!


Another well deserved WOW Hans !!

I found Iris rosenbachiana "Harangon" flowering today !! 

[ronm]

That's a lovely suprise for you then Luc! . Mine are a way off yet.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely plants Ron and Luc.

A couple more of mine today:-

Iris tubergeniana, nice and short, ideal for the limited amount of greenhouse space I can give to Junos.
Iris warleyensis an awful lot taller than my first one and possibly a bit etiolated.

[daveyp1970]

David are your pots in a plunge?

[ronm]

Very nicely done David  . Beautiful plants both. Are you 100% on the I.tubergeniana ? I  ask because I have been dissapointed on a number of occasions with misnames. Yours looks good to me but its hard from a picture.
By posting your picture of I.warleyensis, I think you may have answered a question I will pose tomorrow. Thank you.

[David Nicholson]

Ron, many thanks,  as far as I know it's correct. It came originally from Peter Taggart and if anyone knows his Irises it's Peter. I posted it last year and noone commented.

Dave-no they're not plunged. I grow them in large Rose Pots in plasic trays- with a bit of grit for them to stand on- on the floor of my greenhouse in the two places I have gaps in the staging. Not ideal conditions as they are a bit cramped and those on the north side of the greenhouse, which is quite heavily shaded by a fence and tall shrubs, do struggle for light. If I were to grow them properly I'd have to give up growing lots of other things.

[ronm]

Thank you David. Great provenance! . I have failed to aquire this species on a number of occasions. Its a beauty!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Well done Mr. N. they look smashing !

[PeterT]

Ron, many thanks,  as far as I know it's correct. It came originally from Peter Taggart and if anyone knows his Irises it's Peter. I posted it last year and noone commented.

Thankyou but there are people here who know these Irises better than I. I just like to grow as many as I can manage. However Tony Hall did confirm the identity of my plants of I tubergeniana, the fringed crest is one diagnostic feature for it.

[Maggi Young]

..........Tony Hall did confirm the identity of my plants of I. tubergeniana, the fringed crest is one diagnostic feature for it.

 And David's photo  I. tubergeniana 2 shows that feature very clearly, doesn't it.... one can almost "feel" it.

[BULBISSIME]

seems that spring is coming  ... at least .....
thank's guys for all this pictures of so nice species... and hybrids. I'd like to see more from your growing conditions, i.e. greenhouses, frames ...
thank's for sharing 

[Lars S]

My iris rosenbachiana is just putting up its nose in my outside sand bed but spring is still lingering here so I guess it will take a while until I can hope to see any flowers. Also iris sari and iris acutiloba are showing a little leaf.

I ordered some seeds of iris and corydalis from Jan Jilek this autumn but it took a while before they arrived. I´m hoping for a good germination later in spring

[ronm]

I bought this two years ago at a small local fair. It was marked as 'Blue Juno'. It was a small plant, I estimated perhaps a two year old seedling. I also bought a few 'Yellow Juno' (turned out to be some decent looking I.bucharica ), and some 'White Juno' ( I.magnifica). As they were only £1 each I didn't really care what they were. The lady on the stall said here husband grew them , and she didnt know anything about their history. It got badly frozen in its pot last year, but still tried to put out a flower, but this was badly deformed. This year its doubled and has about 5 flowers coming, and a couple on its offspring. Trouble is ... what is it? . At first I thought rich coloured I.vicaria, but then started to see I. warleyensis. . Now I've convinced myself that someone has been dabbling with a paint brush and I've got a 'mongrel'. .  If it is then it can go in the auction Maggi.

[Alex]

No idea what it is but I like it!!

Here is I. hippolyti today.

Alex

[ronm]

Very special Alex,  . Any specific growing tips for this one? please.