Iris henryi

	I have permission to forward a couple posts from the Pacific Bulb  
Society Group. Nice pictures if you click on the links. Thanks Mark.



Darrell Probst says his plants bloom well every year.  My plant, which I
purchased 5 years ago, grows slowly but keeps building up the clump,  
but never
flowers.  That is, until this year.  The small clump has about 10  
buds, with 4-5
miniature flowers open in the two photos I'm providing.  It's  
certainly a cute
little thing, about 3" tall in flower.  I hope, now that it's  
established and
decided to flower, it'll do this each year:

http://www.plantbuzz.com/rockgard/woodland/Iris_minutoaurea_2006a.jpg
http://www.plantbuzz.com/rockgard/woodland/Iris_minutoaurea_2006b.jpg

The other Chinese woodland iris are blooming well; I. koreana (golden
yellow), Iris odaesanensis (white), and the enchanting I. henryi.   
The latter species
has only been introduced recently by Darrell Probst, and from a tiny  
start I
planted just two years ago, it's filling in nicely,and may have about 20
blooms this year.  The flowers are tiny, opening a clear light blue  
with a yellow
signal, fading to a the lightest blue possibly.  I post a photo, but  
I've yet
to capture the true pale blue color of the flowers.

http://www.plantbuzz.com/rockgard/woodland/Iris_henryi_2006a.jpg


Update

Yesterday I posted a photo of Iris henryi. Today, all of the buds  
opened up,
and this 3" tall woodland species looked fantastic, with 19 blooms  
open. I
also took lots of digital camera shots, trying to capture the pure,  
very light
yet lively blue color of the flowers, with the tiny punctuation marks  
of bright
yellow signal spots.  So, I post two new photos...

http://www.plantbuzz.com/rockgard/woodland/Iris_henryi_2006c.jpg
http://www.plantbuzz.com/rockgard/woodland/Iris_henryi_2006d.jpg

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5


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