Re: SIB: Blue Emperor
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SIB: Blue Emperor
- From: M* D* G*
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 21:28:58 -0800
From: "Michael D. Greenfield" <redear@infinet.com>
> Michael, hi.
>
> I don't have any registrations beyond 1989 and someone may indeed have
used
> that name recently in which case I'm sure someone else will pop up with
that
> information for you.
>
> But I did check and did not find a BLUE EMPEROR. What I did find in the
1939
> Check List was EMPEROR, a collected blue form of 'I. orientalis', which
in
> this case means today's I. sanguinea, a Siberian species.
>
> The Check List says it was collected by Barr and named by Wallace,
meaning
> the English nursery. The 1922 Wallace catalog, available in as a nice
reprint
> from your friendly neighborhood HIPS, says 'A noble form of Orientalis,
of
> Japanese origin. the falls are large and circular and the whole flower is
a
> deep violet blue. 3ft."
>
> Just in case this is info seems relevant.....
>
> Anner Whitehead
> HIPSource@aol.com
Thanks Anner & Dorothy For the Info nurseries are not the best place to
buy named iris. Blue Emperor is now known as " hey you with the long green
leaves" Very short right now.
Mike Greenfield
redear@infinet.com
SW Ohio USA
Zone 5b 4 different Reticulata blooming now
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