ï
Well, I'll find out tomorrow evening if there's
lots of them blooming at that abandoned farmhouse and at my friend's Mother's
place. If there's scads of them blooming, I might just have to take a day
off, get directions, and take along my camera.
There's still only the one flower blooming here,
but it still looks pristine. I can see it from at least 30 ft away, when I
walk past that garden, especially with the dark backdrop of the trees along the
riverbank. I have lots of lovely bearded iris still blooming around the
garden and nursery beds, but there's just something about a species iris that
just draws me to it.
I'll check the foliage against that of my other
spurias. They all seem to be standing straight and tall. I'm hoping
some of the newer ones will bloom this year.
El
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:54
PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?
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.comSent:
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
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From: Robert Pries <
robertpries@embarqmail.com>
To:
iris-species@yahoogroups.comSent:
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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