Re: Iranian iris seed

Title: [iris-species] Re: Iranian iris seed
A number of Czech collectors go to different places every year.   They send out their seedlists every winter.  Some still have old seed they keep refrigerated.  For instance, Vojtech Holubec  went to Iran in 2004.  He collected these iris  and last fall, he still had seeds of songarica from the second of the three collection places.
254 Iris fosterana                                 Iridaceae
    Iran: Robat, Kopet Dag, 2300 m, steppe, sect. Juno,
    oblong bulbs with wire-like roots, 15-20 cm stems,
    alternate lvs, yellow  standard with blue reflexed falls,
    2004, E
    Iran: Bajgiran Pass, Kopet Dag, 2000 m, limestone scree,
    sect. Juno, oblong bulbs with wire-like roots, 15-20 cm
    stems, alternate lvs, yellow  standard with blue reflexed
    falls, 2004, E
258 Iris songarica                                 Iridaceae
    Iran: Quchan, Kopet Dag, 1800 m, steppe, sect. Limniris,
    narrow bulbs with reticulate sheets, linear grassy lvs,
    light blue fls on 30-40 cm stems, 2004, E seeds/bulb
    Iran: Emam Qoli, Kopet Dag, 2300 m, rocky steppe, , 2004,
    E
    Iran: Lojaly, Kopet Dag, 1600 m, dry steppe, , 2004, E
You could email him to ask for his next list.  He is currently in the final editing phase of a book he has written on flowers of the Caucasus, and has a job as botanist, so won't have time for correspondence until the book goes to press.

The Archibalds, in Great Britain, have a list of seeds that varies through the year so that one needs to check their website fairly often.  http://www.jjaseeds.com/   They offer either wild seed or seeds from cultivated plants from wild collected seed. Currently, they are offering these Iranian iris seeds:

IRIS HYMENOSPATHA subsp. LEPTONEURA
One or two pale, translucent yellow, almost stemless flowers with navy-blue zones below their yellow crests, appear between curved, silver-edged leaves. Very difficult to grow.

Original collection : Iran, Hamadan, NW of Hamadan. 1750m. Open gravelly clay slopes.
Original collection : Iran, Kordestan, SE of Qorveh. 1900m. Eroded clay hills.
A distinct, little-known dwarf relative of Iris persica, currently unknown in cultivation. It should possibly be separated at specific level from Iris hymenospatha. It apparently extends southwards from the Hamadan area through the Zagros range towards Esfahan but its precise distribution is as yet uncertain.

They had, but are sold out of two collections of I. lycotis.

Here is a list, though not from Iran.  Jan Jilek collected these last year and sold them until March 31.  I asked him about this a few years ago, and I think he said he sows any that haven't sold by then.  However, he has seeds every year. Price is in Euros.  His website has  pictures of Junos.  http://www.wildbulbs.com/

Iris ewbankiana 5 seedsTurkmenistan5.00Iris kolpakowskianum 15 seedsKazakhstan5.00Iris kolpakowskianum 15 seedsChina5.00Iris kolpakowskianum 15 seedsUsbekistan5.00Iris korolkoviiUsbekistan4.00Iris stoloniferaTadjikistan4.00Iris sp (Pogoniris)Kyrghystan5.00Juno baldschuanica 3 seedsTadjikistan5.00Juno bucharicaTadjikistan4.00Juno bucharicaUsbekistan4.00Juno capnoides 10 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno coerulea 20 seedsKazakhstan5.00Juno drepanophyllaAfganistan5.00Juno fosterianaTurkmenistan5.00Juno hippolyti 5 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno inconspicua 15 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno kopetdagensisTurkmnistan5.00Juno kuschakewiczii 15 seedsKyrghystan5.00Juno leptorrhiza 5 seedsTadjikistan Ak-Tau mnt. range5.00Juno linifoliaTadjikistan5.00Juno linifoliaUsbekistan5.00Juno magnificaUsbekistan4.00Juno magnifica x J. svetlanae 10 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno magnifica x J. warleyensis 10 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno maracandica 15 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno narbutiKazakhstan5.00Juno narbuti 10 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno narbuti yellow form 15 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno narbuti 15 seedsTadjikistan5.00Juno narbuti x J. MaracandicaUsbekistan5.00Juno narbuti x J. inconspicuaKazakhstan5.00Juno narbuti x J. orchioidesKazakhstan5.00Juno nicolai 15 seedsAfganistan5.00Juno nicolai Babadag 15 seedsTadjikistan5.00Juno nicolai Sina riverUsbekistan5.00Juno nicolai Harangon river 15 seedsTadjikistan5.00Juno nicolai 15 seeds Varzob riverTadjikistan5.00Juno nicolai  x  Juno rosenbachiana 3 seedsTadjikistan5.00Juno orchioides Ugam riverKazakhstan5.00Juno orchioides KuraminTadjikistan5.00Juno orchioidesKyrghystan5.00Juno orchioides x J. capnoidesUsbekistan5.00Juno parvulaTadjikistan5.00Juno popovii 5 seedsTadjikistansold outJuno rosenbachiana 10 seedsAfganistan5.00Juno rosenbachiana 10 seedsTadjikistan5.00Juno subdecolorata 10 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno svetlanae 10 seedsUsbekistan5.00Juno tadshicorum 15 seedsTadjikistan5.00Juno tubergenianaKazakhstan5.00Juno tubergenianaUsbekistan5.00Juno vicaria "white" VarzobTadjikistan4.00Juno vicaria "violet" SinaUsbekistan5.00Juno vicaria "blue" RomitTadjikistan5.00Juno vicariaTurkmenistan4.00Juno warleyensisUsbekistan5.00Juno warleyensisTadjikistan5.00Juno willmottianaKazakhstan4.00Juno zaprjagajewii 10 seedsTadjikistan5.00Juno zenaidae 15 seedsKyrgystan5.00Juno sp. nova 5 seeedsKyrghystan5.00Juno sp. nova 5 seedsAfganistan5.00


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