Re: TB: Iris parts.
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: Iris parts.
- From: J* D*
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 11:39:03 -0500
on 5/11/00 8:24 PM, BigAlligator@aol.com at BigAlligator@aol.com wrote:
> 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.
>
As a matter of fact, no it has not been raining but they are in a porrly
drained bed. My soil is very clay-like, would that effect them?
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