Re: Re: OT-CHAT: Iris Sap

>Rather often when making crosses I have held stem with a bloom on it
>in my teeth to free up hands for doing what the bees do easier and
>without tags, pen, etc.  As far as I know I am alive still.
>
>Perhaps the reaction was either idiosyncratic or apocryphal (slightly
>tongue in cheek).

It is quite probable that there are people who are allergic to iris sap. 
(Swollen throat and mouth would cause a 'tongue in cheek' reaction perhaps 
Niel? :-)
The previous poster clearly doesn't understand the difference between 
allergen and poison. Poisons do not usually cause allergic reactions (but I 
guess it is possible to be allergic to a poison, if you take it in small 
enough doses not to kill you, and you eventually become allergic to it)
Also, Doctors ocassionally misdiagnose, but more commonly, people pass on 
what someone else told them that the doctor said might possibly be the cause 
of the problem. Even patients don't always get it right.

Niel, are you sure your friend ate iris petals, or perhaps it was daylily 
petals? I eat them. The yellow ones are the least bitter. They have a sort 
of buttery lettuce flavour, and are good stirfried.
Cheers, Jan Clark,
P.S. green potato skins contain a mildly carcinogenic agent, and should 
never be eate, or given to animals. Funguses growing on certain plants under 
certain conditions can also cause problems, which should not be directly 
attributed to the plant itself.
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