Re: Another species spuria mystery

 

Halophila has lots of seeds and they germinate  readily.
So no real surprize.

You now have four of the five colour forms of halophila. This is the blue with yellow lines. The only colour form to yet show up is the white with yellow lines.  I'm sure it will also show up in this farmland planting.  It would seem settler had brought seed with them.

They are best moved in fall after fall rains have started. May survive at other times if moved carefully and kept wet.

Chuck Chapman



-----Original Message-----
From: El Hutchison <eleanore@mts.net>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Jun 21, 2010 4:22 pm
Subject: [iris-species] Another species spuria mystery

 
The iris pictured with the red ribbon in the background was brought to us just after the closing of our CWIS iris show on June 13.  The owner wanted to know why her clump of iris that had always bloomed yellow, now had this one blooming in the middle of her clump.
 
The creamy yellow and white iris is the usual colour of her clump, a beauty too.  The 3rd picture is the lady's, of that flower from last year.  It certainly can't be weather damage, as she thought it might be.
 
The only history we could gather about this iris so far is that it was rescued from a local university.  It's currently under water at this lady's property in Winnipeg, so she can't get close to it right now.  We're hoping she'll remember which one this was, to mark the rhizome. 
 
Should we advise her to disturb her clump to dig this one out, or to wait now til next year when it blooms again?
 
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Z3

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