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My friend just told me that someone mowed the grass
and all the iris at that abandoned farmhouse, but she did manage to dig me 3
clumps that still had a bloom stalk, grass n all. So I'm heading into
Winnipeg tomorrow morning to pick them up, and hope they're still
blooming.
My friend and husband are going out for the
evening, or I'd be on my way there now. ;)
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Z3
----- Original Message -----
From: e*@mts.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:07
AM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?
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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?
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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.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?
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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
Z3
