Re: A new crested iris?

 

JimL Kooks very much like a new species, even something intermediate between a TB and tectorum. Since evidence seems to be growing that tectorum could be ancestral to TBs it ceratinly makes one think.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Murrain" <jmurrain@kc.rr.com>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com, "Photos Iris" <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:58:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [iris-species] A new crested iris?

 

A mysterious iris found in NE India, the Eastern Aranachal Pradesh
at about 9,500'. Photos taken last June by Pete Boardman of the United
Kingdom. This was found on an eastern facing, steep hillside in a clearing
surrounded by rhododendron and trees to about 25'. Unfortunately it was
too early for seeds and no plants were collected.
Anyone recognize this iris? Obviously it has an affinity to I. tectorum
and I. milesii. Could this be a new species or just a variant of I. tectorum
with wet droopy falls?




Jim Murrain 8871 NW Brostrom Rd Kansas City, Missouri 64152-2711 USA Zone 6

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