Re: Iris germanica/AMAS

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Ken; the bracts in the previous picture appeared wholly dry and papery but in the closeup you have given us it appears that only about two thirds of the bract is green and only perhaps a third is dry. It is a;ways dangerous trying to make observations from photos but your close up is more what I expect from "germanica". I hope you have a chance next season to see if the siblings would be able to form pods from cross pollination. Many beardeds will not self-pollinate but if the seedling siblings can do the job than we have something more like what one expects from a natural species population. That would be quite remarkable and would be a breakthrough in understanding this "species".

Kenneth Walker <kenww@astound.net> wrote:

I haven't tried pollenating the blossom and no bee pods formed, but it is
presumedly fertile. I don't currently have any common germanicas to
compare it to. The plant that is growning in a large container has leaves
up to 70 cm long and 4 to 5 cm wide. On the other hand, a sibling that
is growing in clay soil and has not bloomed, is very small.

I'm attaching a full resolution crop of the bracts of the flower that is
still blooming in the photo. I've lightened the mid-tones, but the
digital noise makes it difficult to determine the colors for certain.

Ken Walker

Robt R Pries wrote:

Ken; since this came from a seed one probably would assume it is fertile. Did it form any pods? It would be interesting to know what its chromosome number might be. Maybe it is a tetraploid. Is it any larger that the common 44c germanica? Interestingly from the picture it would appear to have papery bracts at the time of flowering, this is usually associated with pallida and germanica usaully has bracts that are half green.

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