Re: SPEC: "Minor" arillate species
From: Kenneth Walker <kenww@pacbell.net>
Last fall I bought plants labeled I. kamaonensis and I. sikkimensis. It looks like
I. kamaonensis came from Collector's Nursery, though they don't list it on their
web site this year. However, Heronswood does list I. sikkimensis:
http://www.heronswood.com/Z-6-Perennials-Folder/Perenn-I-L.html
and of the two, I. sikkimensis is still alive. Though not looking very robust, it
is producing a little new growth this fall.
Ken Walker
kenww@pacbell.net
Concord, CA USDA zone 9, Sunset zone 14
Dennis Kramb wrote:
> From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>
> According to my "IRIS" book by Fritz Kohlein, there are 6 pseudoregelias:
> - Iris goniocarpa (Baker)
> - Iris hookeriana (Foster)
> - Iris kamaonensis (Wallich)
> - Iris potaninii (Meximowicz)
> - Iris sikkimensis (Dykes)
> - Iris tigridia (Bunge)
>
> >From previous Iris-Talk conversations about a year ago I seem to recall
> that Iris sikkimensis has not officially been recorded as being collected
> from the wild. So that leaves 5 species to work with.
>
> Any ideas on whether these are in cultivation in North America or Europe?
> or how I might otherwise possibly obtain them? Since they are all so
> small, it seems like a natural choice to cross with MDBs. Of course
> there's the ploidy problem, but why worry about that until you've conquered
> the tasks of (#1) obtaining specimens, and (#2) cultivating them.
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