Re: SPU: Unkown Oldie

On first glance, this could be I. orientalis, but it might not be just as
easily. One thing about I. orientalis that is a pretty good indicator is
that the tips of the falls invariably reflex under, giving the flower a bit
of a look of being contorted slightly. I have a gazillion I. orientalis, and
the one on the spuria.org website is a pretty good representation of it:

http://www.spuria.org/Pics/I_orientallis.jpg

Certainly the age of the clone you have pictured would also point toward it
being I. orientalis.

Other characteristics of I. orientalis is that it grows fairly tall,
especially in the variant known as Sheffield Giant, which was reportedly a
wild collected plant of I. orientalis, and may be a polyploid clone by the
look of it. My standard I. orientalis is among the tallest spurias I grow,
which is about 30 different varieties in my garden.

Bob Dickow, Moscow, ID, zone 5.
(I'd rather be growing orchids:
http://cosmo.turbonet.com/orchids/Orchids_0001.html)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Murrain" <jmurrain@kc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] SPU: Unkown Oldie



On May 23, 2004, at 4:00 PM, Mike Greenfield wrote:

A friend gave me a start of these several years ago. She is close to
80. Her Dad purchased it from a catalog when she was young and still at
home. She has grown it all these years. She said he called it an "
Orchid Iris". So it must be at least 65 years old. This is the first
bloom ever on it for me.
  Anyone reconize it?


Hi Mike, that is I. orientalis. The most common of the spurias in the
USA.


Jim Murrain




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