Re: HIST: iris adventures
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HIST: iris adventures
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 14:15:57 EDT
From: HIPSource@aol.com
In a message dated 5/23/99 3:39:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lmann@icx.net
writes:
<< tall, medium yellow, with super branching, very papery spathes. Flowers
small, similar in size and form to the most common 'pallida' variant
that everybody grows around here. Blooms mid or midlate. This one
looks like it could have been born a hundred years ago or more. VERY
floriforous, and everybody rich and poor seems to have at least one
clump of this one.>>
Yellows are making me crazy.The only thing harder than the tall pale ones are
the little bright ones. Whites are a bit trying, too. Especially from a
moving car.
<< a raspberry violet bitone, slightly more modern in form than the yellow,
but still small and pretty old looking. Very rich color, but not dark.
I'd guess this one is probably from the turn of the century also. >>
Spose it might be CAPRICE. Is it short? Did you smell it? CAPRICE smells
stongly of grapes. Possibly PLUMERI, which has a bronzy overlay...also
short...never seen it in the wild, though....
<< a rosy tan/rich brown bicolor. Very pretty, shorter, much more modern
than the other two. I'd guess this one is from the 30s? or maybe even
the 40s.>>
Well, that is too late for GLOWING EMBERS, which came to mind....but you
could check the page.....it's been known to grow shortish.....
<< Any suggestions as to what these might be would be appreciated, tho not
really expected - I know IDing these from this kind of description is
impossible.>>
Yep.
Issuing the usual cautions......
Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com
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