SPEC-Tigridia

"This specimen, which was awarded a Blue Ribbon, was labeled as
Tigridia, but it
did not look like a Tigridia  to me.  I think it was really a type of
Moraea.  It looks similar to the Moraea on the Cyber Cork Board, but it
was a paler shade of yellow.  Any ideas?"

Mark, the Tigridia flower looks far more like a tulip than an iris.  It
has three petals which are fused at the base to form a cup.  The colours
tend to be reds, dark pink and dark yellows with dark spots in the cup
itself.

If your flower is iris-like, are you sure that it is not Dietes?  There
is a yellow-cream one with blue spots which is common in California and
Australia.  I collected seeds in three locations (L.A., Sydney, Perth)
and have now had them for four years.  Only one has flowered and that
one I had given to a friend!

For anyone living in warmer climates, there is a very expensive book ($6
Canadian) which has beautiful pictures of all these types of flowers.  I
have mentioned it before on the iris-l.  It is:-

"Bulbs for all climates" published by The Australian Women's Weekly
Garden Guides.  I would note that the "all climates" refers to the
Australian perspective not that of a Canadian!

I purchased this at Price/Cosco for $6 Canadian, which is a steal.

Ian, in Ottawa where it is still about -20C at night.  I am just about
to pot up 50 different packages of seeds from rock garden and alpine
plants and put them out in the snow.
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