Re: SPEC: unknown water-loving, late-blooming beardless


Brevicaulis or foliosa, the same, a Louisiana.  It blooms very late, 
sometimes prostrate.  This one is slightly different from most I have 
seen, and the habitat you described is what it loves.

Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8

On 28 Jun 01, at 13:36, Linda Mann wrote:

> I posted an unknown to iris-photos, but decided to post on iris list as
> well.  This one grows in water or damp somewhat shady areas.  It's very
> late blooming.  I don't know if it's actually a species or some sort of
> escaped cultivar.  Could it be laevigata?  Or brevicaulis?
> 
> The foliage is low, fairly soft and arched, stalks are short and not
> rigid also - less than 2 ft long I'd guess and leaning or sprawling.
> The flower I took the picture of doesn't show the form very well & I'm
> afraid I didn't look all that closely at it - the picture looks like it
> has no standards, but I dont' remember that.  Oh well, next year, better
> pix, better notes.
> 
> Any guesses? Thanks
> 
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 
> 
> 
> 



 

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 




Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index