REF:Species Program

From: HIPSource@aol.com

In a message dated 1/19/00 5:55:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
ymeador@2xtreme.net writes:

<< I am supposed to do a program on species iris for our society in March.
I have a slide set reserved, but would appreciate any help on putting the 
whole thing together.  >>

Well, this is what I'd do, I think.

See if you can get hold of a list of the slides you'll have to work with now. 
It is hard to pull together any talk without knowing what visual aids you 
will have at your disposal. 
Then find your copy of World Of Irises and re-read the relevant parts. If you 
have access to a copy of Brian Mathew's book The Iris, that would also be a 
good resource, and it is more current and a simpler read in some respects. 
Take notes while you read. 

Then I'd make sure I had prepared a nice multi-page handout for them, with a 
brief schematic diagram of the classification system of the Genus:  Bearded, 
Beardless (with subdivisions) Arils, Junos, etc. If you do this handout right 
it can also serve as your notes when giving your program. Just follow it like 
an agenda. And it is good to have the names of the irises on the slides 
listed so people will not fuss or feel overwhelmed.
 
Then--assuming the slides would support this approach, I think I'd make sure 
I touched on four broad groups of Iris species: 

1) North American natives, and especially any natives fround your area. See 
Rodney Barton's page for this information.

2) Species which have a long history as garden plants in themselves, per 
e.g., I. germanica, I. florentina, I. pallida, I. tectorum, I siberica, I. 
variegata, I.pumila, I.orientalis, etc. 

3) Species which are the ancestors of modern garden irises, bearded and 
beardless. There should be some overlap here with category 2. 

4) Exotic, rare, and unusual things, the more bizarre looking the better.

Ideally, when folks leave they should have an idea about what Iris species 
are in their neighborhood, they will have some idea about how Iris species 
have impacted our gardens, and they will have an enhanced awareness of  the 
great variety in the Genus. 

Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com

  


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