Re: Iris graminea seeds question

 

There's several varieties of Iris graminea available in this year's SIGNA seed fund.  (At first that's where I thought yours came from, but I guess not?)  I'm certain the seeds I donated were the real deal.  My clump of graminea is many years old now and quite large.  It grows in the shade of a juvenile burr oak tree and gets morning & evening sun.  It produced a huge quantity of flowers last year.  This year should be even better!

Dennis in Cincinnati


On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Karl Dan 5*@gmail.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


The seeds came from a "continental" seed firm. I am not really upset enough to complain, the other packets of seeds
were very generous. It will be a surprise aril, that's for sure.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:08 PM, 'Robert Pries ' r*@embarqmail.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

Also the Iris Encyclopedia has galleries of images of many seeds (note be sure to scroll down) at http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/InfoPhotoGalleryOfSeeds The arillate seeds sound enticing. you may have gotten seed far rarer than Iris graminea.

From: "Rodney Barton r*@yahoo.com [iris-species]" <i*@yahoogroups.com>
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 10:06:52 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Iris graminea seeds question

 

It's embedded in the email rather than attached. It's some problem at your end. You can see the photos on the SIGNA web site: http://signa.org/index.pl?Display+Iris-graminea+2

For future reference there are photos of the seeds of many of the iris species in the species database on the website: http://signa.org/index.pl?Database

Rod



From: "Betty G b*@cybermesa.com [iris-species]" <i*@yahoogroups.com>
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Iris graminea seeds question

 
I did not find the photo attached.  Did anyone else find it?   Betty G.

On 2/21/2017 4:36 PM, 'Will Plotner' g*@molalla.net [iris-species] wrote:
 
Attached is a photo of I. graminea seed that is normal.  There are a couple of variations, but I do not believe either have arils.
 
All My Best
 
Will
Iris graminea
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:00 AM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-species] Iris graminea seeds question
 
 
I ordered seeds of the "plum scented Spuria" Iris graminea. Normally I open and inspect the package, but I put
it aside until I was ready to plant. All 5 seeds in ther package had white Arils, that is, a ring or collar at one end of the seed.
Surely I. graminea is a Spuria, and not an Aril, or arilbred? Or is this the normal appearance of this species' seeds?
Hope someone can help, I have a feeling I am going to be in for a surprise when they bloom.






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Bob Pries
Zone 7a
Roxboro, NC
(336)597-8805





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