Re: SPEC: CAT: I. balkana/reichenbachii
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: CAT: I. balkana/reichenbachii
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 16:20:28 -0600
> From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>
> In honor of John's request for more questions (and since I stuck a nail
> in my foot this afternoon and am somewhat immobilized....)...
Linda,
Best wishes for a quick recovery from your unfortunate accident! I hope
that the fact you can't remember who sent you seeds last fall doesn't mean
that delirium has set in. I sent you the I. tectorum alba seeds, but not
the others.
>
> I posted a photo of a nice clump of I. reichenbachii in bloom on
> iris-photos. Which prompted an offlist request for information on
> possible sources of I. balkana or other strains of reichenbachii.
I enjoyed the photo you posted of your I. reichenbachii in bloom. Now I
will know what to look for when the rhizomes you sent out here last summer
send up stalks (it will be a while yet - it snowed here again as recently
as Thursday). Both Dykes in "The Genus Iris" and the 1939 AIS Checklist
consider "I. balkana" to be a synonym for a color variant of I.
reichenbachii, and not a valid species. The color of the balkana flowers is
described as brownish purple by Dykes.
Get well soon!
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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