Re: Pumila trip 2

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Juri; did you see Iris pineticola in bloom; I have never seen even a picture of it. very exciting.

Juri Pirogov <jukp@aha.ru> wrote:

> Juri tell us a little about your trip. Where did you go? Where did you
find the pumilas? Any observations that you made? Love to hear more. Bob
Pries

We traveled over southern regions of European Russia: Voronezh,
Volgograd(Stalingrad), Belgorod, Lipetsk. My main goal was to find a
supposed Iris scariosa in a specific site where it was found 70 years
before. Last year I had first unsuccessful take, unfortunately this time
gave no result too. But I saw a lot of pumilas in bloom. I hope I could make
a small article for SIGNA. Interesting result was to meet Iris
arenaria/pineticola. Last year I didn't found it. This time I did, plus two
sites uncnown before - a great result for this species almost extinct here.
We met a lot of Iris aphylla, one time side by side with Iris pineticola.
Certainly they was not blooming.

Enclosed photo (pumila2) shows interesting pumila with brown spot not only
on the fall but on the standards too.

Juri



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