Re: Hardy louisiana
- Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Hardy louisiana
- From: D* K*
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:14:03 -0400
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>> Partialy you are correct. Apearance of this flower reminescent to Spuria,
>> but without any doubt it is Louisiana. The seed have coating like
>Louisianas
>> not Spurias. The leaves also are not like those of Spurias. The question
>for
>> me is only to which species it is close.
>
>Edmundas,
> It is a bit hard to tell, but it could be Iris brevicaulis. This is
>the hardiest of the Louisianas I think. Does it have zig-zag stems?
>
>Mark A. Cook
Mark, this is my thinking too......at first I wasn't convinced it was a
Louisiana, but if it really is, my first guess is brevicaulis (or
brevicaulis/fulva hybrid) because of their extreme cold hardiness.
(And we can definitely rule out the possibility of it being I. zaprjagajewii!)
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, SIGNA, SLI, & Miami Valley Iris Society
primary interests: ABs, REBs, LAs, Native SPEC and SPEC-X hybrids
(my gardening URL: http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html)
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