Re: Random Thoughts, Questions
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Random Thoughts, Questions
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:13:00 -0700 (MST)
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Ian E. Efford wrote:
> Walter A. Moores wrote:
>
> I. tigridia and tigridia sold in the catalogs and stores are not
> the same. Dykes shows a rhizome with lots of roots, and what I buy as
> trigridia is a bulb. Does anybody know how this nomenclature can apply
> to two obviously different plants?
>
> The confusion here is because Iris tigridia is a species name and
> Tigridia is a generic name. There are often duplicate use of names,
> especially species names in different genera.
>
> Additional confusion results from the fact that Tigridia is an irid - in
> other words, quite closely related to Iris.
>
> I use two basic references to find information. Mathew "The Iris" is a
> good overview of irises. He lists I.tigridia as a pseudoregalia iris
> from Mongolia and nearby regions of China and Russia.
>
> The other is Clive Innes's "The World of Iridaceae" which list all the
> irids and has photographs of most of the genera. This has Tigridia as
> bulbous plants from Central and South America. These are the very
> beautiful Mexican Shell Flowers that grow so well in Ottawa and continue
> to flower over a period of 10 weeks or more. Each large flower dies at
> the end of the day but more and more arrive each day. Ian
Ian, does your supplier have mail orders?
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Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada