Re: what is this?

 

> So I'm thinking Iris thyphifolia is not "good" species.
>However, early blooming "siberian" irises are not uncommon in the South of East Siberia. In the Russian tradition all they called now Iris >sanguinea.
 
Yuri,
     I remember you from when I was on Iris-Talk some years ago.  What you have brought up interests me quite a bit.  Something similar has happened with a Daylily [Hemerocallis].  A type of Hemerocallis was found on Okinawa an described [I think] in the 1960âs.  Some give it the name Hemerocallis fulva Sempervirens, and others give it the name Hemerocallis sempervirens.  The real Sempervirens has Evergreen foliage.  The plants distributed under that name in the USA are something else.  They go dormant in winter, even in Florida and bloom too early compared to the real thing. 
     I am wondering about Iris typhifolia then.  Could it be some variant of Iris sanguinea, or could the plants sold in the USA be misnamed?  If I am crazy, I hope someone tells me, but I do find this interesting.
 
Mark A. Cook
b*@bellsouth.net
Dunnellon, Florida. 

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