Re: real Iris furcata

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A bit more searching and i found a possible source of the confusion with Iris furcata.

Sims, J. (ed), (1822), Iris Furcata, Forked Iris, Curtis?s Botanical Magazine, Table 2361, vol. 50.

has the attached picture of furcata. This definitely has basal branching, I also checked out my entry for furcata in the cultivar section of the SIGNA checklist and it says distinguished by stems branching above the middle with smaller deeper flowers of better shape than aphylla. I tried as often as possible to go back to original sources but on this entry I make have gotton the information from George. We now have a mystery on our hands. What is the real furcata and if one of these is not furcata what is it?

Robt R Pries <rpries@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Edmundas; after considering your previous post on Iris furcata, I would suggest that we in the USA have never seen the real furcata and that what Tom has is an aphylla. Do you have any pictures of furcata? It would be very helpful for all of us to see the real thing.