Re: ANOMOLY?

iris-l@rt66.com wrote:
> 
  On my VSOIs (very superior old
> >irises), the pale yellow un-named TBs I keep talking about, there are a
> >profusion of bloomstalks and many buds. 
 these irises were the ones
> >that were divided yet bloomed profusely the very next spring (which was last spring).  This year they are even better.  Are they really very
> >superior or are five buds to a stalk not unusual?
> >
> >They have pale yellow standards with a slightly darker petal edge with falls that are white tinged with the palest lemon with brown veins and yellow beards.  And I know they were in the ground at that farmhouse
> >probably for 50 years.  the lady who sold the farm is very old now but I think she planted them when she was quite young.  I must ask her. they are the kind that when you dig them up and get tired of replanting
> >because here are so many of them, you just throw them over the fence
> >into the fields and they bloom the next year.
> >
> At the show in Poughkeepsie I found out that my VSOI is probably I.
> flavescens. It may also be your yellow. The descriptions match, and it
> seems to be very common in this area. Hortus III opines that it isn't
> really a species, but rather a very old garden hybrid. That's definitely  what it looks like to my eyes. We saw it labelled at Presby Gardens in New  Jersey, but there it was just a pale, wimpy shadow of the iris that inhabits my garden. The flowers were the same though, pale yellow with  brown veins on the falls, ethereal substance, and a lemon yellow fragrance to match. The clump is now headed into it's third week of bloom, and is as > magnificent now as it was two weeks ago.
> 
> BTW this was the iris that made me decide that if this was what iris were
> like, they were definitely good things to have:)
> 
> Kay Cangemi
> Cangemi@netstep.net
> New York, USDA zone 5
Hi Kay--

It sounds good to me.  Nice to probably have an ID.  If youwouldn't
mind, perhaps I can send you a photo when I get them back and you can
compare.  Yes, they do seem to be in many gardens here, especially old
farm gardens.  they were my first intro to the iris TB world, and since
they proved faultless in terms of care and gave so much beauty, well, I
got hooked.
Rima
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