Re: Louisiana swamps

From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)

>I have been watching these irises for two years now as I drive back and
>forth to work (I comute about 3 days a week), and have been plotting how I
>could rent or borrow a canoe or pirogue and get in there to take a sample.
>This year, that whole swamp has dried and I was able, with some
>trepidation, to walk in and dig a few.  (It was nervous trip, watching for
>alligators and fearful that I would sink in muck.  In fact, it was like
>walking on a trampoline, suspended above the muck only by plant roots.  I
>am Arkansas native and not comfortable with traversing swampland).

This sounds neat!  Could you drive back and dig me up a piece?

HAHA!  Just kidding, of course!  I wouldn't want to be responsible for
turning you into alligator dinner.

I hope you keep us posted on the selfing experiment.  I bet they come up pink.

Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Arilbreds, Rebloomers, and Native Ohio Species Irises



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