Re: SPEC: Iris demetrii and Iris paradoxa

From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>

Juri, how wonderful for you to see all those irises!  You are very lucky,
indeed.

I've always been fascinated by Iris paradoxa...I love the big fuzzy beards
& the strange looking flower.  But I must admit I've never even heard of
Ii. demetrii, caucasica, and musulmanica.  And I'm only vaguely familiar
with Ii. furcata, and imbricata.

Are you going to write a story about this trip for AIS or SIGNA?  I hope
so.  I would love to see the pictures.


>From: "Juri Pirogov" <jukp@aha.ru>
>
>Hello listers,
>
>Just returned from a trip to Armenia. Original country with very old
>culture and the difficult present. A something average between the old (10
>years later) Soviet Union and the Near East.
>Encuraged by Dave Niswonger I had a goal to find and observe in natural
>habitat Iris demetrii (spuria group) lost in all gardens. It still wide
>disributed in Armenia and Karabakh mountains but its sites are separate and
>not rich. I could never find it without aid of armenian friends.
>A found site was at 1900 meters altitude at western slope of plateau at
>meadow between shrubs. This site numbers not more two dozens fans.
>Unfortunately it still didn't bloom in the mountains and bloomed out in
>Erevan botanical garden.
>I found too Iris pumila, Iris caucasica and Iris paradoxa at boards of the
>lake Sevan and collect Ii. musulmanica, furcata and imbricata.
>
>Juri
>Moscow, Russia
>jukp@aha.ru
>
>TBs in full bloom here all together due very hot and dry June after cold
>May.
>
>
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Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, SIGNA, SLI, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: ABs, REBs, LAs, Native SPEC and SPEC-X hybrids
(Gardening URL:  http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html)



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