Re: OT-CHAT: Iris Sap

>Walter, I have a  1st cousin  who is allergic to irises - can't grow them
>anynore - since we share a grandmother who had diabetes, and she has it, I
>have to watch out for that - now my worry is  I hope I don't ever share her
>allergy - a fate next to the one worse than death!  But I'll be careful not
>to  eat any since onlycows have magnetic stomachs to sieve through the
>untouchables -- but then irises aren't metal.   By the way, I know about rose
>hips, but what part of the iris is a hip -- the pod?   Rosalie mr Baltimore
>a soggy zone 7   ryfigge@aol.com


I had a nasty reaction from dividing a clump of Iris versicolor 
because I was handling it with my bare hands.  A lot of native wild 
flowers seem to have this "irritant" as a defense mechanism from 
being eaten.  Either that or I am really allergic to plants?
-- 
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/

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