Interesting.
I've been dong research fro some years on Iris persica
in North America. There is quite atory there. In the
course of same I've talked to Kew.ÂNow, this sort of
naecdotal information is not tungible, you understand,
but often the problem is the lip and the pollen are
not ready simultaneously so that you would need more
than one indivisual, or figure out a way to finesse
the situation: freeze pollen or something.
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I ask about the fert5ilzing agent becauseÂone author
on thsi continent speaks of watching a bee attempt to
figure out the anatomy of a juno, and failing. The alien
plant was entirely a mystery to the domestic bee. I find
this interesting.
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We need toÂfind you more bulbs to play with.ÂMaybe
someone here has some junos for Sean? Talk to him,
please, Send him bulbs if you have extras.
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I don't know how long it takes junos from seed,
frankly. This one persica I have is taking forever. I
want it to get to the point where I don't worry about it
rotting. I've tried to get magnifica going twice and the
seed won't move for me. Just sits thereÂlike a bump on a
frog.
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Cordially,
Â
AMW
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Zera z*@umich.edu
To: iris-species i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, May 4, 2013 10:15 am
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Re: junos
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So far I've been too impatient to try
junos from seed, but I've got SIGNA seed
from the last few years in my fridge right
now. I've only got one clone each of most
species and have never gotten pods on them,
hand-pollinated, hybridized or otherwise.
I've also never had them increase - I'm not
sure if they need to be fertilized or if
there's something else about my soil they
don't like. It's possible many of them are
planted too deep. Other than that they seem
to do just fine - of more than a dozen
species I've only lost two or three less
hardy ones, and they seem to recover from
setbacks.
Sean Z
On Sat, May 4,
2013 at 9:57 AM,
<C*@aol.com>
wrote:
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This is so
wonderful! I'm so
excited! I want to know
how you are gowing those
things. and maybe you
could take a ruler out
and get some
measurements next time
you take the camera out?
Did you grow any of
these things from seed?
Do they set seed for
you? Can you tell what
fertilized them?
Â
Cordially,
Â
AMW
-----Original
Message-----
From: Sean Zera <z*@umich.edu>
To: iris-species <i*@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, May 4, 2013
9:47 am
Subject: [iris-species]
Re: junos
Â
More junos,
from the end
of the
alphabet:
Iris
vicaria,
I.
warleyensis
and
I.
zenaidaeÂ(or
graeberiana).
Sean Z
Zone 6a
SE
Michigan
