Re: photos from North Carolina

Dennis,

I definitely know the source of the seed whence the white one, Patrick Orr 
who gave them originally thought it was a white pseud., but before sending 
them to me identified it as Ocraleuca, which I confirmed in WofI.   I did 
not know it was also known as I. orientalis.  Whatever, I love it.  He sent 
lots of seed, they germinated well, and I gave many away.

I am afraid I am not going to offer any clarity on the lavender one. Having 
no op. to  garden for 45 years except on a pent house roof in NYC which was 
hostile to iris if comforting to florabunda roses, I returned to native NC 
in 93, worked very hard to reestablish myself and attend to some of my mom's 
needs till I lost her, then moved to my present house 0.6 acres with oak and 
maple shade that I love but which limits what I can grow.

    I decided not to enter the tall bearded contest and to see how many 
species I could grow.  My gardening skills are better than my record 
keeping. There are so many potential slips between seed pot, individual pot 
transplant and relocation in the flower borders, markers fade or get moved, 
and robust plants overtake weaklings making location charts fallible. So. 
But I need not tell you this.

    Unfamiliar with Spuria I ordered a collection from Comanche, and they 
did not succeed in the first location, so I rescued some of them and put 
them where I had room for them.  If the iris at hand is one of that group, 
then it would be "Touch of Lace."  Color tone is different in Comanche's web 
site, but difference in light and photo technique could account for that. 
HOWEVER, 1999 SIGNA seed was the first I received, and among those I know 
got into my garden came from 99M191.  This cannot be a positive 
identification. Nevertheless, as you see, the plant is vigorous and heavy 
with bloom.

I cannot thank you enought for the work you have put into this project  It 
has been immensely helpful to me.

I was nevertheless left in total confusion at the end of the season 
attempting to differentiate Virginica from Versacolor. Part of the problem 
is that Virginica is simply not as robust at 2000' and a shorter season than 
Jim Gibbbons has in costal Carolina, and I am also suspecting that many of 
the seed specified as one or the other may in fact be hybirds.

I hope in the coming bloom season we can all post photos and develop a list 
of criteria following through to the seed pods.

I do have a life other than iris, and my color printer quit, though I still 
have some pictures on my hard drive of blooms, stem structure, and seed pod 
with which I will prepare myself this spring.

Sincerely,

James



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Kramb" <dkramb@badbear.com>
To: <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] photos from North Carolina


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>>garden, since there were none in one of the categories. I do not know the/
>>name of the lavender/purple one, but it is of type. The white one is
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> Thanks, James - any chance you can track down the name of the lavender 
> one??
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> Dennis in Cincy (who is weeping & gnashing his teeth that his SIGNA seed
> list still has not arrived...LOL)
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