Re: SPEC: rare seeds
Hello Dennis,
By this description the second specie is Iris bloudowii Ledeb. rather than
Iris humilis Georgi (=Iris flavissima Pallas). Both are from Altai, but Iris
bloudowii came from mountains (as Belukha is), have 10-30 cm high, leaves
6-18 mm wide and a capsule better described as triangular. Iris humilis
prefers scree, but have 10-15 cm high and leaves 3-7 mm wide. There is other
clear differences between these two species.
Juri Pirogov
Moscow, Russia
> Today I received a catalog from a mail-order seed source in Czech Republic
> that lists many strange and unusual alpine plants... mostly from eastern
> Europe through central Asia. There are 4 irises listed.
>
> Iris arenaria - Czechia: 800m, grassland on limestone, dwarf rhizomatic
> plant, 6-12 cm high, light-green narrow leaves, large yellow flowers,
2000,
> D
>
> Iris flavissima - Russia: Altai, Belukha, 2000 m, dry mountain scree,
> rhizomatous plant, 12-20 cm high, linear leaves 8 mm wide, large yellow
> flowers, triangular capsule, 1998, C
>
> Iris loczyi - Kyrgyzstan: Tien Shan, Terskij Ala Tau, 3300 m, alpine
> steppe, densely caespitose plant, 20 cm high, narrow linear leaves
> surrounded with brown sheaths, large blue sessile flowers in leaves, 2000,
D
>
> Iris sibirica - Russia: Northern Caucasus, Skalistyj Chr Khiah, 1950 m,
> alpine meadow, rhizomatic iris, 30 cm high graminiform leaves, large blue
> flowers with yellow brushes on stems 30 cm high, 1999, B
>
> An interesting selection if indeed they are true to name
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