Re: variegated #2
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- From: D* K* <d*@badbear.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 12:09:35 -0400
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I researched it further on internet and you are right again. It's apparently related to Arisaemas and the like. It's truly amazing to me how identical Acorus appears to irises yet they are not closely related at all. According to my internet research Acorus calamus should bloom from May through August... so I will try going back in a month or so to see if they are indeed blooming. My hopes of discovering a variegated versicolor have been dashed. :-(
Still, there were 1 or 2 other interesting irises growing out there that are apparently unknown to the park service. I posted images here of one of them, a few days ago, which drew some helpful feedback offline that it is probably Iris ensata.
There was another clump that I did not take photos. It was growing along a stream leading into the swamp. It was about 2 ft. tall, and had completely finished blooming as of May 29. It was definitely not pseudacorus nor brevicaulis. I seriously doubt it was ensata (or whatever that mystery iris turns out to be) simply due to the difference in bloom times. It was definitely not Acorus because it had seed pods forming on it. So, yes, I know it was an iris of some sort! I'll have to go back next year in mid May to catch it blooming.
I left a message with the park rangers today about my findings. I guess they are off for the Holiday? I hope they call me back.....
At 09:45 PM 5/29/2004, you wrote:
Mine hasn't in the 2 or 3 years I've had it, but I guess it wouldn't be a very pretty flower if it does--sort of a club shaped spadix, I think. Joan Cooper
Dennis Kramb wrote:
At 09:10 PM 5/29/2004, you wrote:
>Dennis,
>
>Of course I can't be sure without actually seeing it, but I believe what you
>have here is not actually a variagated iris at all, but variagated acorus,
>also known as "sweet flag". I believe it is an irid though. I have a clump
>in my water garden and sure looks like what you have.
>
>M. Dean Hunt
>Louisville, KY zone 6B
Does yours ever bloom? If so, when? I'd be curious to go back to this
place at bloom time to see if I can know for sure. I just read on the
internet that Acorus calaums is not fertile... but I don't know if that
means it doesn't bloom or what.
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