Oncos 2012

[Hans A.]

Thanks for the comments!

Yes Fred, I am also very curious to see the differences.
Superb pictures of those beauties in nature and in cultivation Miriam!
Beautiful plants John and Fred - a pitty they are hardly growable here.

Some more Oncos are in flower - actually my favourites are an interesting Iris bostrensis and Iris camillae/Iris schelkownikowii.

[arillady]

Hans what an amazing clump of Iris camillae - please pollinate for seed.
The signal spot is startling in Iris bostrensis - it would certainly stand out the field or garden. I wonder if a couple of the species hybrids that I grow has Iris bostrensis in their background somewhere as they have remnants of that sort of signal colour?

[Miriam]

Wow Hans, this form of Iris bostrensis is amazing!
Iris schelkownikowii seems to be a good plant for ground cover 

[BULBISSIME]

Superb Hans !
Unfortunately, Iris schelkownikowii has suffered from frost this year, and the clump is much smaller now than in December....
You grow them very well and I agree with Miriam, very nice ground cover 

[Lesley Cox]

Pat, have you looked at the thread about the AGS Cleveland Show? There are some super oncos there and one in particular, a paradoxa/barnumae cross, with YELLOW standards. Looks edible, with cream and chocolate sauce!

[Oron Peri]

Got back from a two weeks trip to Jordan,
Onco. season have started late this year due to an unusual cold winter.
First to flower is I. bostrensis in the eastern desert just 2km from the Syrian border.

[Oron Peri]

Some more Oncos are in flower - actually my favourites are an interesting Iris bostrensis and Iris camillae/Iris schelkownikowii.

Hans
Your plants look better then in the wild!!
Congratulations.

[Oron Peri]

The darkest of all, I. nigricans, a good form from the southern populations.

[arillady]

Thanks Lesley I will take a look at that link in a moment.
Oron beautiful photos once again. thanks so much.

[BULBISSIME]

Great Oron !!
Superb population of Iris bostrensis; ignoring the borders...
seems that it was a good and success full trip 

[Miriam]

Thanks for the beautiful pictures!
I like especially the orange bostrensis.

[Oron Peri]

Thanks guys,

Here are some Iris  haynei from different populations, they where in excelent conditions this time.
Look at this site near Amman!!

[BULBISSIME]

Splendid Oron ! very nice populations, and stunning dark colors for this species.
please... more...more...

Some more species from the frame :
Iris kirkwoodii from Syria via Netherlands.....
Iris sari from Archibald's seeds and Iris sari ssp. manissadjani from Janis which I suppose to be something else, but I've never seen it in the wild....

[Miriam]

!איזה יופי   
I did not know Iris haynei is so wide spread in Jordan and that it grows south near Amman (But actually I saw on the map it's the same 
latitude as the population in Rimonim).
Are the northern population darker than the southern ones?

[Miriam]

Fred, I am happy to see you have some survivors  
Wonderful pictures as always.