Re: Lost (?) & Found Irises
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- Subject: Re: Lost (?) & Found Irises
- From: R* A* <b*@sbt.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 02:24:13 -0600 (MDT)
Marte Halleck wrote:
>
> Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Marte wrote:
> >
> > > Doubt I'll ever know how they came to be growing about 50' downhill
> > > from the highway -- maybe they literally fell off the back of a
> > > truck?
> >
> > Sounds probable. But, you got crows? I recall some discussion in the
> > past about crows uprooting up rhizomes and moving them around. Nothing
> > was said at the time about them carrying them off, and I've never
> > understood what they wanted with them other than as possible nesting
> > material, but if you found these in the vicinity of a tree....
>
> Yup, we got crows & ravens & even turkey buzzards but Scrub Oaks aren't
> exactly trees to roost in, more like overgrown shrubs. Can't really
> imagine even big birds hauling iris rhizomes into the air -- possible, I
> s'pose, but they would have had to carry them quite a long way.
>
> > I look forward to hearing a description of these when they bloom. This
> > should be fun. Wouldn't it be a hoot if it turned out to be BEVERLY
> > SILLS or something? You missing anything from your garden?
>
> Only what "my" elk has been eating or uprooting. And I think it would be
> an even better hoot if it turned out to be EDITH WOLFORD or BATIK...
>
> Marte in the mtns
> Evergreen, Colorado
Could a bird or animal deposited a seed there in the past?
Bob A
