Re: SPEC- Louisianans
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- Subject: Re: SPEC- Louisianans
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 07:42:41 -0600 (MDT)
It appears to be close to "Faenelia
> Hicks" in petal size and shape although the colour is like "Full
> Eclipse" using the photos in Caillet and Mertzweiller.
FAENELIA HICKS is a very tall orchid LA that can open five flowers
at a time and is quite hardy. FULL ECLIPSE is a very dark violet,
somewhat narrow of parts as it is out of BLACK WIDOW, the classic spider
LA that is so popular, but slow of growth.
> >
I understood that the only "cold" weather iris was a variety called
> "Blackcock" that would grow as far north as Mass.
Are you speaking off BLACK GAMECOCK, hybridized by Frank Chowning
in Little Rock? It is a rampant grower.
Cooper's Gardens in Roseville, MN advertises cold-hardy LA's, but
surely they are not talking about tets. Even in MS, I have trouble with
them. Either they get cold damaged or just don't bloom.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
