Re: Can you identify this species?

Hi all,
        Sibirica seems like a pretty firm ID on this one, but if it is, the fact that it's under 20" is very unusual.  No branching is also atypical, although often it seems you lose branching as the stature decreases.  It's kind of a nice one.
        ken
At 05:38 PM 5/8/2006, you wrote:
Hi Mike,
 
I have sent your e-mail message over to the Siberian mailing list on Yahoogroups. I have my own ideas about whether is or is not a Sib. but will wait until Bob Hollingworth, Marty Schafer and others weigh in.
 
Ellen Gallagher
 
Mike Unser <land_of_mu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Just in case anyone missed this on the iris-photos group:

After my 'open garden' two years ago a very nice lady dropped off a
small clump of this iris and wanted me to identify it. I thought it was
a siberian, but she insists it cannot be that. Seeing it now I am
inclined to agree with her. I've never seen a sib with purple in the
throat before. However, it has been suggested again that it is a
siberien - can anyone confirm that? In this pic it's about 14" high,
but the other bloom stalks are up to 17" now. The flowers are dainty,
off-white, purple in the throat and gold on the hafts. There are 3-4
four buds at the top of the stalk (which is hollow), and no branches.
The foliage is very similar to a siberian, not thick and tough like a
PCI. I grow a dozen PCIs and they all have a similar, tough texture to
the foliage - this one does not have that texture.  I really like it,
and would love to put a name on the species - or species cross? It's
unlike any other I grow.  Appreciate any input!


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