Re: Iris what species?

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>It's definitely hexagonae. Not virginica as some have suggested. It seems to be very short and that would make it >brevicaulis most likely. An oval cross section to the rhizome is another clue.

 

Rod,

       The fan and rhizome donât look at all like Iris virginica which is in a nearby container.  I agree it has to be a Hexagonae for sure.  The whole wad in the pot it is in was in a pot I got at a native plant sale.  I have a feeling the plants were dug from the wild in far northern Florida, because most of them ended up being Iris pseudacorus.  But, this piece of a Hexagonae was at the edge of the wad, and I can extract it and put it in its own container while the spent bloom stem is visible.  I wonder if almost being choked out by pseudacorus made it short?

 

Mark A. Cook

b*@bellsouth.net

Dunnellon, Florida.