SV: Rural South Russian Iris
- Subject: SV: Rural South Russian Iris
- From: L* H* <h*@privat.dk>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:17:47 +0100
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Hi Robert, Some version of I. Germanica is indeed fertile. I have been
growing 2 Greek forms of it, they were both fertile. Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards Lars Høpfner Langengen 38, Svogerslev 4000 Roskilde Denmark Fra:
iris-species@ Yuri: This looks very much like the Iris we call Iris germanica. It seems to
be everywhere here also. There are very slight variations of it which were
discussed in SIGNA a few years ago by Nigel Service. It appears to be a sterile
triploid and pods are rarely seen. Nigel insists that it does produce pods.
Since the name Iris germanica is the type species for the genus it is ironic
that its most common manifestation is this "sterile" plant. In order
to distinguish it we often call it 'grandmothers old flags'. The plant called
'Amas' is supposedly a tetraploid Iris germanica but it is only produces very
fertile pollen and no pods. Iris germanica is a real problem trying to
understand how it should be classified. It certainly is the most successful
species if one is looking at numbers. Iris florentina and Iris albicans are
also triploid infertile species. Presumably all the variation seen in these
plants is from sports, the most obviusly variations being a white form of
germanica and a blue form of albicans. I would love to hear your thoughts on
how to class this plant.
This one is rural South Russian Iris variety
that is common everywere. Is it related to American ones? Yuri in Moscow Я использую бесплатную версию
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