Re: Iris crocea

 

Ken,

Do you have I. monnieri to compare to them?

Rod

On Monday, May 4, 2020, 3:20:58 PM CDT, Kenneth Walker kenww@astound.net [iris-species] <iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 

I was curious to put a bloom of a collected form of Iris xanthospuria next to the collected form of Iris crocea. A photo is attached. The I. xanthospuria is from Köyceğiz, Turkey. Both fit their species descriptions. The blade of the fall of I. crocea is "oblong, tapered, crimped at the margins". I. xanthospuria has smaller blooms and the falls have a rather rounded blade.

This bloom of I. crocea is a purer, less orange, yellow than the clones of I. xanthospuria I have. A bloom on another clone if I. crocea is showing color and I think it will be close to that of the first.

Ken

On 5/4/2020 9:53 AM, Mark Cook h*@gmail.com [iris-species] wrote:
 

Ken,

That sure is pretty.  That is a pure yellow.

Mark A. Cook


On 5/3/2020 8:26 PM, Kenneth Walker k*@astound.net [iris-species] wrote:

Hi,

My first Iris crocea grown from seeds out of Kashmir has bloomed. I took a couple photos at different times today and have attached them. I got lots of seeds to sprout, but have had to wait 5 1/2 years before I've managed to get blooms. Two more plants have buds and lots more are still just growing leaves. They seem to tolerate my native clay soil or 5 gal pots, but really like lots of good deep potting soil.

Ken

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