Re: Var. JI source; where 'Sayo-no-tuki'?

In a message dated 96-04-07 07:54:50 EDT, you write:

>>Now I need some locating help. Does anyone have a source for an I. ensata x
>>I.
>>pseudacorus cultivar named 'Sayo-no-tuki'? There's a photo of the bloom in
>>Currier McEwen's book on JI: white with a yellow haft area that's outlined
>by
>>a
>>thin violet 'stitching' pattern.
>>
>>
>
>Nell:
>
>Seems to me I attended a program on exotic crosses and learned that this
>particular iris was such an animal and that it is NOT available in
>commerce... NOT vigorus... and this bloom pictured in Currier's book was one
>of the few squeezed out!
>
>But - for other exotics, try Laurie's Garden, 41886 McKenzie Hwy,
>Springfield, OR  97478.  ROY DAVIDSON is great.
>
>Kathy Guest
>
>

Nell and Kathy,  The correct name of this iris, which is now registered, is
SAYO-NO-TSUKI.  (Unfortunately, Currier got the incorrect spelling from a
Japanese person who did not understand correct transliteration of Japanese
into English).  It is the cultivar that 5 of us in VA and MD pooled our
resouces for and paid $400.00 to obtain at the SJI convention in Maine a few
years ago.  It is quite lovely, and VERY VIGOROUS here in MD and VA.
 Although I do not list it in The Iris Pond price list, I would be willing to
sell it for $20.00 if someone wants it.  Clarence Mahan in Virginia
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