On 6-Dec-10, at 5:57 PM, Polly wrote:
> Now that we've got the internet, and the new hybrids are being
> posted as soon as they are introduced, it should help with that
> problem.
I'm not so sure. The photos are often just of the flower.
A proper botanic drawing shows all aspects of a plant: root, leaf,
bud, flower, stamens, ovary, seed pod, seeds etc. How often are any
of these shown clearly enough in a photograph that it can be used for
identification?
The registration documents for some plants are very precise. They
require measurements and the use of standardized colour descriptions.
I have never registered an iris, so I don't know how much detail is
required in an iris registration.
The irises I am most familiar with, Pacific Coast hybrids, rarely have
any mention of the leaves in their descriptions, and yet the leaves
can vary considerably. However, I don't know whether the published
descriptions are complete. Has SPCNI just excerpted the flower part
of the official descriptions in the registration documents?
Diane Whitehead
Victoria B.C. Canada
