Re: OT-CHAT: Iris Sap
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: Iris Sap
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 11:02:55 -0600
Dennis,
My deceased wife was allergic to the pollen of irises. When they were in
bloom her would go complete shut from the pollen. How we found was that I
would grow some and when they bloomed her allergic would start. That is
reason when I say that I been in or out of irise for over 25 yrs.
Jim Clark in Mo.
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From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, February 25, 2001 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] 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
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>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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