Re: Iris sp. identification

Ken,

You make a good point about a "wild" iris not necessarily being native.

However, despite the lack of standards on most of the flowers, there are 
standards in some of the pictures, indicating that the plants are not I. 
setosa. The middle flower in the first photo shows one standard hanging 
down, nearly falling off the flower. Photo 5 & 6 show a bloom with two 
relatively large standards. In fact the standards seem a bit large for 
I. versicolor, and are curving in instead of out. Something seems to be 
eating standards. Some of the falls show munching along the edges.

In photos 5 & 6, you can also see a perianth tube on both the foreground 
bloom and a spent bloom in the background. Aren't the tubes rather large 
for I. versicolor? Or is it within the species' variation?

Ken

Ken Walkup wrote:
> Yuri & all,
>     This location is within 5 miles of my home.  Greg is right that 
> versicolor is the only naturally occurring iris which this could 
> possibly be, but I'm not totally sure.  It looks like it could be a 
> setosa.  The person who posted this has a Cornell University email 
> address; so do I and I'll try to ID the sender & get more info.  And, 
> possibly recruit a new SIGNA member.
>     A few years back, I was walking my dog within a half mile of home, 
> and saw a siberian iris seedling growing out of a roadside drainage 
> ditch.  Just because it wasn't "planted" does not mean it's native.
>     Ken
>
>   


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