This picyure on tge species website is not Iris
songarica but lactea. about 20 years ago seed was sent
to Frank Kalich labeled Iris songarica. since no one
in this country had seen songarica and it was a
different appearing lactea the identification was
unquestioned. It has since been widely distributed as
songarica but it remains Iris lactea. Unfortunately I
know of no pictures that show a closeup of songarica
flowers but the parts are much more narrow than this
lactea.
--- Joan Cooper <joan78@comcast.net> wrote:
> Older books list I. songarica, but somewhere along
> the line that and a few others were lumped as I.
> lactea. I'll try to find whwere I've seen that and
> send it along. No iris bloom here yet.
> Joan Cooper, Minnesota Zone 4
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kenneth Walker
> To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-species] Iranian lactea
>
>
> Jim,
>
> Did you see the photo for Iris songarica that Ray
> Mills uploaded to the
> species database a few days ago
>
>
>
http://www.badbear.com/signa/display-photo.pl?Iris-songarica+1+1
>
> It looks very much like Iris lactea to me, as does
> your Iranian "spuria".
> Songarica fits with Juri's suggestion of something
> from the Series Tenuifoliae
> and it's native to Iran.
>
> Ken Walker
>
> Jim Murrain wrote:
>
>
>
> On Apr 2, 2007, at 12:21 AM, William Plotner
> wrote:
>
> It cetainly looks like the Lactea that I
> grow..The foliage is a
> little less
> blue but that could be the photo.
>
> This I. lactea has quite green foliage. The
> features that I find very
> different are the larger size, over all, and the
> much earlier
> flowering. Maybe
> some nomadic herdsman selected it for superior
> rope at one time?
>
> I hope to get seeds off it, they will have to be
> selfed as no other
> lactea will bloom for a few weeks. The current
> cold snap may ruin it
> tho.
> It is much too cold after a very mild April. 27F
> last night and as
> low as 22F
> forecast. Many flowering trees have already been
> damaged. I try to
> hope for
> the best and plan for the worst, an optimistic
> pessimist.
>
> Jim Murrain
> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd
> Kansas City, Missouri 64152-2711
> USA
> Zone 5b/6a
>
>
>
>
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