SPEC: Questions
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- Subject: SPEC: Questions
- From: "* E* &* S* E* <a*@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:29:39 -0400
From: "Ian E. & Shirley Efford" <avocet.intl@sympatico.ca>
Various systematic questions have been raised and not answered over the
last few weeks. I assumed that Bill Shear would provide answers but he
seems not to have transferred to the new list or is away in the wilds.
The first question was from Anna who asked how to seperate prismatica
and versicolor. I did not answer right away as all my prismatica seem to
be sibirica and I thought someone would answer who lived where the two
species survive together. The simplest answer is that those with very
narrow leaves (less than 0.7cm) are prismatica and those with wider
leaves (more than 1.0cm) are versicolor.
The second questions concerned identification of a blue flower which
Gunnar suggested was setosa or hookeri. The leaves were described as 1
inch, which would fit these two species but, at this time of the year,
the easiest way to identify if it is setosa/hookeri is to look at the
seed pods. Theirs are triangular, much inflated so that they are about
half as broad as long and have grooved sides. Quite distinct and unlike
sibirica, versicolor, or other species with flowers that might be
confused with them.
Ian, in Ottawa where we are having perfect weather and the only irises
that continue to flower are I.ensata, I. aphylla, and Belamcanda
chinensis. The aphylla has beautiful shiny purple flowers that are
reblooming two months after the first flowering (pallida did the same
thing a couple of week ago). The Belamcanda is at least four weeks
earlier than normal when it often flowers into the first week of
September.
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