Re: Random Thoughts, Questions


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? 

--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada




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