Re: which is the orris power iris
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- Subject: Re: which is the orris power iris
- From: C* M* <C*@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 02:33:45 -0700 (MST)
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 CEMahan@aol.com wrote:
> Iris florentina is the iris most often cited in herbals, but Christopher is
> quite right that Iris pallida (and I. germanica) are most commonly used in
> Italy today. But I will provide a footnote to this. The form of Iris pallida
> used is not the iris grown under the name PALLIDA DALMATICA. The iris grown
> in gardens under that name has been known since the time of Dykes to be a
> garden cultivar and has not been found in the wild. Clarence Mahan in VA
What is the correct name for this interloper masquerading as PALLIDA
DALMATICA or is it just a named form of I.pallida. I used to have a form
of I.pallida with a bud count of 8+ collected by Martyn Rix in Yugoslavia
which was very vigourous and may be more like the type used in Orris
root production but I lost the clump to my mothers cousin and the whole
thing now resides in Aberdeen!>
