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Subject: [iris-photos] Spuria
Identification
I have grown this spuria for several years, but
wasn't sure what it was.? I thought I had it identified as Musulmanica, but
the light blue doesn't match the photo on page 19 of the new Illustrated
Spuria Checklist
that Bob Pries has thankfully put together.? Anyone
have any suggestions?? How about Cambridge blue or Mrs. Tait?? It's seedlings
seem identical or virtually so to the parent.? See below.
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Halophila?
?Here is another
problem in ID.? I was calling it orientalis, but it doesn't look like the pix
on page 12 of the Checklist, and besides it is too short.? It looks a lot like
the drawing
on page 133, Halophila.? This one
comes out light yellow and fades to white except for the signal and is about
2' tall.? How tall does Halophila Lutea grow?
This white with strong yellow signal and pronounced
under curved falls, I have grown for years under the name of Wakerobin.? In
discussions with more knowledgeable growers,?
it appears it may actually be orientalis.? It is a
tall vigorous grower that comes true from seed, which would indicate it's
species nature.? I can't be sure of the differentiation by the?
pix on page 12 and 215 of the checklist.
On the right above is a close-up of a ?seedling of
whatever the light blue in the top photo is.
?
Orientalis or Wakerobin, what say the experts?
Lawrence Lacey
Siouxland Iris Society
Sioux City, IA
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