Re: Iris wilsonii hybrid

Hello Kenneth,

Wednesday, June 23, 2004, 5:33:09 AM, you wrote:

KW> Hi everyone,

KW> I just joined the group. I gave up on iris-talk and iris-photos some 
KW> time ago
KW> because I couldn't keep up with the  volume. This group looks more
KW> manageable.

KW> In 2000, I bought what was supposed to be Iris wilsonii. I expected it 
KW> to be
KW> a single clone. The first flower that it produced was a nice purple 
KW> (!?!) with
KW> lots of yellow in the signal area. I year or two later, it produced a 
KW> different
KW> bloom that was also basically purple, but with dingier  colors. At that 
KW> point,
KW> I thought I had two clones, both of which were I. wilsonii hybrids. When I
KW> divided it, I started a second clump of what I thought was each of the 
KW> clones.
KW> However, today one of those bloomed yellow with horizontal falls! I don't
KW> know what chance there is that this last one is pure I. wilsonii, but 
KW> it, at least,
KW> looks plausible to me. I'm attaching a photo.

KW> Ken Walker
KW> Concord, CA

Before several years I have grown pure species I.wlsonii and I think
yours is hybrid possibly with I.chrysographes. Pure species have not
so long standards and are very gracious held at about 30grad from
horizontal line; form of falls also is different-for wilsonii is
obovate, but on your photo it seems more likeon some forms of chrysographes.
I have grown many seedlings and have observed such a form. I don't
remember well character of marking, but think it not take so large
area of fall.
-- 
Best regards,
Edmundas, Kaunas, Lithuania, where continuous rains every day damage
iris blooms.
                            k*@delfi.lt




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