Re: SPEC: I foetidissima
I've only seen orange-red seeds on I. foetidissima. I had a vereigated plant
but it died without blooming. I have pictures of both blue and yellow forms
that I took at the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens on a web page:
http://home.pacbell.net/kenww/bbg_iris/bbg_other_iris/bbg_other_iris.html
I've had both blue and yellow/blue forms bloom in my garden. I only have
the blue one on a web page so far
http://home.pacbell.net/kenww/my_iris/other/other_iris.htm
Ken Walker
Concord, California USA
USDA zone 9, Sunset zone 14
Jan Clark wrote:
> Hi all,
> On my way to visit my mother, on mothers day, I spotted a small country
> market, with a plant stall, and couldn't help myself. Well this chap had
> heaps of irises and unusual bulbs. His TB's were the usual assortment of
> wrongly named plants. I knew this by their names. The all came from a
> certain nursery, who just guessed the names of their irises by the colour.
> How they managed to name a dark blue and white plicata BABBLING BROOK, is
> anybody's guess, but I would have a hard time convincing anyone around this
> area, that the real thing is a pale blue self.
> Anyhow ..... I ended up buying 3 plants labelled:
> I. Foetidissima (yellow),
> I. foetidissima (blue) and
> I. foetidissima (vareigated).
>
> I didn't know there was a variegated form. At least I can see that the
> leaves are vareigated, but am a bit concerned that it might be pallida, or
> even pseudocorus. I shall have more idea when and if it blooms.
> I also didn't know there was a blue form. The photo showed a pale cream and
> soft blue flower.
> Anyone know if all these variations have different coloured berries?
>
> Cheers, Jan Clark
>
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