Re: BULB: Widow's Iris
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] BULB: Widow's Iris
- From: J* I* J*
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:01:22 -0700
on 4/18/01 9:17 AM, Dave Silverberg at sil1812@molalla.net wrote:
> Vince: The plant (an Irid) you are referring to is "Hermodactylus tuberosa"
> aka "Snake's Head Iris" aka "Widow's Iris". Can't really provide any cultural
> info since I just planted them and basically forgot about them. I have not
> fertilized them or cared for them other than to keep most of the weeds away
> (in which I have not been very successful). Perhaps a light feeding with
> standard "bulb food" might help.
>
> I have been growing mine for about 6 years (from a start received from
> Bennett Jones). It took 2 years to settle in but has bloomed every year
> since. At present I have 4 seed pods developing and if the slugs don't get
> them ----?!?!?!
For anyone interested there is a picture at:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/images/531jpg.htm
as part of the archived scans of the CurtisBotanicals published between 1787
and 1807
The description is at:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/snakehead.htm
Dave,
Does yours look like the picture?
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
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