RE: FW: Vic- Iris nelsonii "Magenta Rose"

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Brian,

Many, many, thanks for your comments.  I believe you are correct that what I have is most, most likely âCajun Sunriseâ rather than âEdith Dupre.â  Plate 59 in the Second Edition of The Louisiana Iris shows âCajun Sunriseâ with a yellow halo and yellow style arms like the iris in my garden.  And, the bloom in the Plate 59 photo looks almost identical to some of the photos I have of the blooms of the iris in my garden.  Also, from what I gather from published photos and descriptions âCajun Sunriseâ has foliage with shorter wider leaves than âEdith Dupreâ and that also appears to be true for the iris I have.  And, Ken Durioâs 2001-2002 catalog (Louisiana Nursery Our 51th Year 2001 -2002 Catalog of Daylilies, Louisiana Iris and Other Irises, 118 pp.) lists âCajun Sunrise,â so it was very possible that I mistakenly obtained it from him.  The iris in my garden under discussion is the only Louisiana iris I have that sometimes repeat-blooms.

My only hesitation to being very sure that what I have is âCajun Sunriseâ is that I found no reference in publications or on the internet that âCajun Sunriseâ may sometimes repeat-bloom.  Is anyone aware if it may sometimes do so?    .

How in the past I overlooked the possibility of what I have being âCajun Sunriseâ is beyond me, as I know that undoubtedly I previously saw the photo and read the discussion of this iris in the Second Edition of The Louisiana Iris.

Vic