Re: HIST: Is This Florentina?
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
>
>
> Another possibility is that your white iris is I. albicans. According to an
> item in the Fall, 1995 issue of ROOTS, the "Never Fail Florentina vs. I.
> albicans Discriminator" is that the standards of Florentina bear a few
> straggling white hairs on the inner side of the standards near the base
> which are never present in I. albicans. Of course, this is not to say that
> your iris might not be something other than either Florentina or I.
> albicans.
I do not see any straggling hairs in the place described, so it would
appear that it is not I. florentina.
I will start checking through my book sources to see if I can find some
help there.
Thanks
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