CULT: lots of buds?

A year or so ago we helped out a friend who'd just bought a new home
with her landscaping by planting some unknown historic iris in
part of her front yard. Many of the rhizomes (most of which started
out pretty small) didn't survive the almost total lack of care
they received, but a significant percentage of them thrived.

We drove by her house yesterday, and saw a magnificent bloomstalk
on one of them - an old-fashioned purple bitone with large flowers.
The stalk was 40-something inches high, with *18* buds!
I think that's the most I've ever seen on one stalk - our previous
record was a 13-bud Souvenir de Madame Gaudichau stalk my housemate
Gesine grew last year.

Let's hear it for unknown historics that thrive on neglect!

What's the largest bud count you've ever seen?

Jean
SF bay area, zone 9

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