Re: Re: A new crested iris?

 

Here's the description of wattii fromÂThe Flora of British India for those who are curious:


I. Wattii, Baker mss.; tall, stout, leaves broadly ensiform, flower-heads racemose on stout long peduncles, spathes 2-3-fld., perianth-tube short infundibular, sepals obovate-spathulate, blade as long as the claw, petals rather shorter obovate-oblong, style-arms with 2-fid laciniate tips.


MUNNIPORE; summit of Kongui, alt. 6000 ft., Watt.

StemÂwith 5-6 flower-heads on erecto-patent peduncles. Leaves thin, 18 by 1Â-2 in., as long as the stem. Spathes with the outer valve 1-1 in., lanceolate, thin, green; inner much shorter, oblong, obtuse; pedicels short, jointed with the ovary. Flowers pale lavender blue, tube  in.; blade of sepals  in. broad, striped and spotted with purple, throat yellow; petals  in. broad; style-arms  in. long, crest deltoid laciniate. Capsule small, oblong, obtusely trigonous. âBaker, from whose description much of the above is taken, says of the sepals, "apparently not crested."âBhotan specimens from Griffith of this or an allied species have stout compressed grooveed stems and firmer spathe-valves.


It seems to me that the flowers of the mystery iris are larger and that they appear to be crested. How did the name of 18-inch-tallÂwattiiÂcome to be attached to a species with bamboolike stems to 6 feet!?


Sean Z



On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:07 AM, David Ferguson m*@msn.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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Looks like Iris wattii or something very close to it. Â[Fits the original description - which is admittedly a bit sketchy - apparently better than anything currently in cultivation.] Also, this is not too far from the type locality of Iris wattii. From that elevation - should be pretty cold hardy, even from eastern India.
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Dave Ferguson
NewÂMexico
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:09:18 -0500
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Re: A new crested iris?

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I assume you ask because it's in the current AIS bulletin:

"Jim Waddick and Aaron Floden made an expedition to the Indian Himalayas, funded in part by the AIS foundation, to search for a new species of crested iris (with a superficial resemblence to I. tectorum) a native Indian iris [sic]. The photo was taken around Mayodia, Arunachal Pradesh, India by Aaron Floden. A report about the expedition will be published in a future edition of this bulletin."

The new photo shows the same plant with those upright, domed standards.

Sean Z

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:53 AM, Paul Archer p*@mindspring.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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Anyone heard any more about this new crested Iris? Any seed collected?

Hort.net link for pictures
https://www.hort.net/lists/iris-species/nov09/msg00003.html

Paul Archer
Indianapolis, Indiana

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Jim Murrain <j*@kc.rr.com> wrote:

A mysterious iris found in NE India, the Eastern Aranachal Pradesh
at about 9,500'. Photos taken last June by Pete Boardman of the United
Kingdom. This was found on an eastern facing, steep hillside in a clearing
surrounded by rhododendron and trees to about 25'. Unfortunately it was
too early for seeds and no plants were collected.
Anyone recognize this iris? Obviously it has an affinity to I. tectorum
and I. milesii. Could this be a new species or just a variant of I. tectorum
with wet droopy falls?

Jim Murrain
8871 NW Brostrom Rd
Kansas City, Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Zone 6





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