HIST: Identification-Hail to The Chief
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- Subject: HIST: Identification-Hail to The Chief
- From: h*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 20:09:14 EDT
In a message dated 5/2/00 7:10:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
donald@eastland.net writes:
<< I was told separately by an aunt and an uncle that one of the grandmother
irises I grow was INDIAN CHIEF. It did look right, so year before last I
bought an INDIAN CHIEF rhizome from Argyle Acres and planted it next to
several rhizomes of the grandmother iris. This year they all bloomed. As far
as I could tell, they are identical. And not only in the bloom, but in plant
appearance and growth habits. Is this sufficient to safely conclude that the
grandmother rhizome was indeed INDIAN CHIEF? >>
I'd be pretty comfortable using the name in those circumstances.
If the plant came with a name--albeit in your case the name arrived a bit
later than the plant--and if one has done a point by point comparison of that
plant and another rhizome from a reputable nursery, and the two plants and
two blooms appear identical, one is probably on the money....assuming that
nothing really bizarre is going on like you and Spears ...both in Texas...
have the same wrong heirloom INDIAN CHIEF...or if the person doing the point
by point is not observant....neither of which I am suggesting, mind you
.....I'm simply mentioning that one has to be aware of all factors.
<< It is my understanding that this is a relatively common historic in many
parts of
the country, so does that fact increase the chances the id is correct?>>
It is indeed a commonly found historic in many parts of the country. Very
popular, and always was. The thing would probably grow in a closed closet.
Don't try to compost it, for it will colonize your compost pile. See the HIPS
page for a picture. http://www.worldiris.com.
That it is common may increase the overall chances that you inherited INDIAN
CHIEF. I would not say, however, that commoness of the hypothetical ID
definitionally increased the chances of results of any ID analysis being
correct. This is admittedly a fine distinction, but IDing is about fine
distinctions.
Anner Whitehead
Commercial Source Chairman
Historic Iris Preservation Society
HIPSource@aol.com
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