Re: Cult: Iris Bloom


From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>

Dennis Kramb wrote:
> 
> Now first of all, a purple Iris foetidissima sounds unique.  I thought they
> were mostly shades of yellowish brown?  And also doesn't the bright orange
> sound unique?  I've only seen pictures of seedpods and they sure seemed
> fire-engine red to me.  Do they all start out bright orange and change to
> red as they age?  Or is this actually the orange-seed variety I've been
> looking for?????
> 


I am wondering if the difference between red and orange can be attributed to
soil conditions as various flower colors sometimes are?


John                     | "There be dragons here"
                         |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
                         |  to indicate the edge of the known world.

USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay) 
Visit my website at:
http://members.home.net/jijones

To reply to me personally click on
/*@ix.netcom.com
j*@ix.netcom.com
Fremont, California, USA

President, Westbay Iris Society
Director, Region 14 of the AIS

Subscribe to iris-talk at:
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/iris-talk

Subscribe to iris-photos at:
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/iris-photos

------------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, or to change your subscription
to digest, go to the ONElist web site, at http://www.onelist.com and
select the User Center link from the menu bar on the left.



Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index