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SV: Iris spuria var danica

Hi Chuck,

I did post a picture yesterday â I will do it again.

 

Main is not going into flower this year (I expect), last year did I transplant 50m3 garden Â- after the ground was filled with grit and sand (it was so heavy that all the lilies there was planted in it died.

 

The difference for me is that the flower is sky-blue.

 

Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

 

Lars HÃpfner

Langengen 38, Svogerslev

4000Â Roskilde

Denmark

 

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Emne: Re: [iris-species] Iris spuria var danica

 

 

I had noted that as well, thus the question if danica is recognized as a distinct subspecies.

Lars,

Could you post  a picture and bloom data. When it blooms in relationship to other Iris spuria, and leaf dimentions and height of flower stalk.

What are distinguishing features from other I. spuria
On Saltholm Island it is at 55 degrees latitude. That is very far north. But halophlia  is reported in Siberia, so very well may be located farther North. It is listed in several refference books as being most northerly of spuria  iris.

Chuck Chapman

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Walker <kenww@astound.net>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, Jun 20, 2010 5:08 pm
Subject: [iris-species] Iris spuria var danica

 

Dykes classified danica as a variety of Iris spuria. As part of a lengthy discussion about the difficulty of separating European Spurias, he notes that  "[Iris spuria var danica] seems very nearly allied to, if not actually identical with, the Algerian form".  Kohlein also refers to it as Iris spuria var danica. Mathew is more specific, calling it Iris spuria ssp. spuria var danica, where ssp. spuria refers to a group of Spurias native to central Europe.

Ken Walker

Lars HÃpfner wrote:

Hi Chuck,

 

I am sure you can find it in the spuria section of  "Iris" by Fritz Kohlein. I have also included a link + my own picture from 2008.

It is very rare and can only be found on the islands named Saltholm and Amager (very few protected places), only a few miles from Copenhagen. I have got my plant from The Botanical Garden, Copenhagen.

 

 

Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

 

Lars HÃpfner

Langengen 38, Svogerslev

4000  Roskilde

Denmark

 

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Emne: Re: SV: [iris-species] Spuria?

 

Is it a recognized species? 

If so can you provide data and reference.

Best I could find was a passing reference in Kohlein, but not as a described species, but as a synonym for a local form of Iris spuria.

Chuck Chapman

 

 

 

 

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