SPEC?: Another Florida Iris.
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- Subject: SPEC?: Another Florida Iris.
- From: "* b* c* <b*@atlantic.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:09:12 -0700 (MST)
I have gotten hold of another Iris species. My plants came from a
pile of peat that was delivered to the home of a Daylily Hybridizer that
lives about 30 minutes away. The peat was trucked in from the area around
Jacksonville, FL.
The Iris has small leaves, and long thin red roots. The Daylily
Hybridizer called it the "Red Root Iris" and said that it has white flowers
and stands about 12 " tall in bloom. He said that this plant grows wild in
peat bogs in the northern half of Florida. He does not keep the plants
because they can interfere with the Daylily seedlings.
Does anyone have any ideas about this plant's identity? I have it
planted now in four different places hoping it will survive. Heavy rain is
forecast for tonight, so it will not be lacking for water.
Mark A. Cook Low: 55 F or 13 C
billc@atlantic.net High: 77 F or 25 C
Dunnellon, FL. Now: 68 F or 20 C cloudy.
