Re: Re Spec. 1 question

The Reynolds wrote:
> 
> Please help with the following description.   The little lady said it came
> from the farm.  Possibly it is a species.   I color charted the bloom to
> RHS 89 C.  The bloom came right from inside the foliage.  This  is the
> first year for mine to bloom.   The foliage is strappy.  It blooms just
> about 7 inches off the ground.   The rhizome   is similar to LA.  The bloom
> has thin floppy standards one-half  inch across at the widest point and are
> about 2 inches from tip to center of bloom.   Their color is the same as
> RHS 89C with a tiny white center stripe, two-thirds  long as  standard.
> The falls  are about two and three-fourths  inches long and one and
> one-fourth  inch wide with tear drop shape.   The signal is quite
> pronounced with white back ground and light RHS 89C veining.  A yellow
> highlighter looking mark  runs out of the center of the signal  area.  The
> stigma  is tipped RHS 89C.   It is a beautiful little bloom  and seems
> tempermental  in establishing as I  have had it about 4 years.   I am USDA
> zone 7 and  have it blooming now.  Hope all have a good time in Dearborn as
> I had planned to be there,  but my fall and broken wrists have made a lot
> of changes in my life this spring.  The casts are off and I am able to do
> light weight tasks.   No  mulch or manure hauling.   But lots to be
> thankful for.
> Joyce Reynolds
> Dresden Tennessee
> bjreynos@iswt.com
Joyce, this is a very clear and concise definition of i.unguiculares  if
I'm reading your description right.
Bill Maryott
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