Re: majorica
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- Subject: Re: majorica
- From: P* R* <x*@xtra.co.nz>
- Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 20:42:18 -0700 (MST)
Michael Cook wrote:
>
> This past fall, someone let me have a start of an Iris that was
> identified a "Majorica." I could not find it listed in any of the ten year checklists, nor could I find it in THE WORLD OF IRISES. The fellow
that let me have it said that it was the increase off of a plant that
came from Montana. This Iris has foliage that looks like a Bearded Iris.
If anyone knows anything about Majorica, please let me know.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> macook@iglou.com
>
> I can't help with majorica specifically but can suggest that you may have dealt with an inventive or imaginative taxonomist as my wife once
did when asking at a large garden centre for Iris gracilipes, was told
helpfully that what she wanted was Iris gallipoli which was in stock.
Paul Richardson, Upper Hutt, New Zealand (pippi@xtra.co.nz)