Who knows what plants would have been brought in by pioneers. Survivors of old plantings.
Flower shape and height suggests spuria. Leaves are bit off what I normally associate with spuria. Too green, not enough of a blue-green.
Chuck Chapman
-----Original Message-----
From: El Hutchison <eleanore@mts.
net>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 11:38 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?
ï
What other species iris might be growing in
Manitoba? I've only seen I versicolor, not that I go treking,
looking for iris. There aren't enough hours in the day during
iris season here. I get my trekking done in my own garden.
No one's reported any to me though, or I'd be out
there, checking. I'm not sure if my friend would notice if there are more
than just this 1 type of iris growing in that area, if they were all a similar
colour from afar. I'm lucky I took this iris, as I don't normally take
in unknowns any more.
El
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:05
PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?
It may be a cross of a
couple of species. I'd say too early and short to be carthaliniae or
halophila.
Chuck Chapman
-----Original
Message-----
From: Robert Pries <
robertpries@embarqmail.com>
To:
iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent:
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 2:36 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?
El; I really like this flower with its fine edge of yellow on the petals.
I have not looked at my spuria files for sometime but I would definitely say
this is Iris spuria. Since Mathew includes a whole bunch of what are called
species under subspecies of spuria you can be confident it is a
spuria. But it would be nice to pin down the subspecies, carthaliniae, or
halophila may be possibilities. I could rule out kerneriana since every
picture I have seen is more branched and a finer less broad plant. If it form
seeds I would like a few especially if they could come while fresh from the
pod. I would send postage.
----- Original Message -----
From: "El Hutchison"
<eleanore@mts.net>
To:
iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:48:39
PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [iris-species]
Spuria?
ï
This beauty was bloomng when I got home
today. It was given to me by a friend who says it's the first iris she
saw as a child, growing around her Mother's and aunt's country places for well
over 50 yrs. That's about 60 or so miles west of here.
Does it look like a species spuria?
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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