Re: Iris graminea seeds question

 

The SIGNA seed sale has a pretty good record for having things named right.  It might be that precious sale chairmen have been able to recognize seeds.  In my case, it is because people have sent correct names with their seeds.  I don't recognize more than a dozen kinds of iris by their seeds.
I just wanted to make sure if these seeds were ours so, if so, we could let people know if something was incorrectly named.
Walter Pickett


From: "Dennis Kramb dkramb@badbear.com [iris-species]" <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] 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*@gm! ail.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/vie w/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?Disp lay+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?Data base

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
From: i*@yahoogroups.com
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.






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






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