Re: iris bloom season progressing beautifully

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From: Dennis Kramb

To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:38 AM

Subject: Re: [iris-species] iris bloom season progressing beautifully

At 10:49 AM 4/18/2005, you wrote:

>I. koreana sent up several more bloom stalks today.  It's such a short
>little iris that you don't notice it's going to bloom until it already has
>(in other words, you don't watch the bloom stalk for days as it emerges and
>grows, etc.).  I was also surprised to find an SDB blooming alongside
>it.  It's way ahead of the other bearded irises.  Not even the arilbreds
>have sent up any bloom stalks yet.
>
>Dennis in Cincy

After checking my notes, I found that the early bearded bloomer is Iris
pumila.  As I sat down to take a photo of it, I was startled by a rather
large (and fast) visitor intent on doing some hybridizing of its own.  LOL!

Dennis in Cincy


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