TB: Iris parts.
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: TB: Iris parts.
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 21:24:08 EDT
In a message dated 5/10/00 4:21:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, judi@dimbert.net
writes:
<< The flowers have 3 petals down and 3 petals curling up. On the petals that
point down, dark brown stripes are present near the center and fade out near
the end. in the center hiding under a very small petal are fuzzy, yellow
caterpiller looking things (stamen or pistol?) >>
Judi,
The petals down are called "falls" and the petals up are called
"standards." The fuzzy yellow thing is the "beard", so what you have is some
type of bearded Iris. As for them falling over, they can be staked. Has it
been very wet up there?
Mark A. Cook
BigAlligator@aol.com
Dunnellon, Florida.
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