Oh. My. God. Is that really the view of your property?! I'm seriously
jealous now! What a lovely view. And what a lovely Moraea.
Of course I'd be happy to trade seeds with you. I don't have anything
too exotic, but I have started a small collection of Iris fulva. I'm
also trying to collect new types of Iris tridentata and Iris
brevicaulis. I'm kind of getting rid of a lot of modern cultivars of
Iris to make more space for the species. I think they are more exciting.
I don't have many types of Iridaceae... well, just a few native
Sisyrinchium species (I hope I spelled that right) and I've tried
growing Libertia, Olsynium, Cypella, Tigridia, Rigidella, and
others..... but winter here is just too cold. My best success has been
Alophia species, but I have to treat them as annuals. And they don't
make seed for me every year. So even Alophia are challenging for me.
You should really join PBS. :-)
Dennis in Ohio (where it snowed again today)
Filippo Dimatteo wrote:
> Dear Dennis,
> I'm glad too.
>
> Yes I have interest in your natives, even if my favourite irises are
> Juno, Oncos, Eupogon.
> But I like very much some north american and some chinese irises too.
>
> The first 3 groups are often simple to grow here in my climate, but
> the same climate is not so easy for the water-lover irises.
> I must to be always careful in the summer and I have not so much time
> for them. So, I can grow not so many species of them and I prefer to
> choose only the most interesting of all (and there are a lot!).
>
> For this reason I grow a big number of Iridaceae and other bulbs for
> the mediterranean climate (a lot from south Africa).
> Yes, I should join PBS but I'm always so busy! I know, I'll should do
> it someday.
> Maybe we can exchange some treasures each other, don't you think? ;-)
>
> fil. (sunny days after a lot of rain...all irids are going to flower.
> here is Moraea polystachya, flowering today)
>
>
>
>
>
> > Filippo, that's fascinating information about Iris sicula! And it's so
> > exciting that it may be present in such a more widespread area. It is
> > delightful to have SIGNA members from overseas, like you, to teach us
> > this kind of information. I'm so glad you joined !
> >
> > I was also glad to see you're interested in some North American
> > natives... including my favorites, Iris fulva and Alophia veracruzana.
> > In the beginning (10 years ago) I was only interested in the genus
> Iris,
> > and I never looked at the section on Iridaceae in the SIGNA seed
> > exchange. In retrospect I missed some chances at getting some wonderful
> > things! I won't let that happen anymore!
> >
> > As you already know, the Pacific Bulb Society has amazing offerings of
> > iridaceae species in their exchange. I often take advantage of those.
> > I'm especially interested in the South American irids, that are so rare
> > to find in commerce here in North America. Since Ohio is so cold, I
> > usually share my PBS treasures with friends in warmer climates... and
> > that works out really well for all of us. :-)
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Dennis in Ohio (where it's almost up to 32 deg F)
>
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