Fw: SPEC: Iris polystachya Thunb.
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- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 18:24:22 +0100
From: "David Slootmans" <d.slootmans@worldonline.nl>
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Van: David Slootmans <d.slootmans@worldonline.nl>
Aan: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Datum: 27. november 1999 18:21
Onderwerp: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: Iris polystachya Thunb.
>From: "David Slootmans" <d.slootmans@worldonline.nl>
>
>Dear Anner,first i wil answer some questions from
>your message,yes I live in the Netherland,in the
>sw-area this is the milder part of the country,(zone 8)
>the area i live in is a man made polder,an water
>levels are controled by hand if we don't pump
>away the water we wil be About 3 meters under
>sea level.It is like living on a vulcano,
>I don't have the Cape bulb book yet ,but that
>wil soon come. I try to collect apart from the Genus Iris
>more southern hemisphere species,I am not a member
>of any other group,i started growing and knowing the
>southern 'Irises' because in holland there are no good
>collections of these,and i think they are better to
>use in my muggy winter /summer conditions.Cool but wet,
>as I am used to protected my plants in situ during
>during cold air masses coming in from E-Europe and
>Russia,.in winter
>I started 10 years ago with southern hemisphere irises
>(is there a better word to use?) so almost all are in the
>greenhouse in winter.
>
>
>
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>Van: HIPSource@aol.com <HIPSource@aol.com>
>Aan: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
>Datum: 27. november 1999 17:42
>Onderwerp: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: Iris polystachya Thunb.
>
>
>>From: HIPSource@aol.com
>>
>>In a message dated 11/27/99 11:09:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>>d.slootmans@worldonline.nl writes:
>>
>><< Dear Anner,thank you very much for your kind help, my plant is in its
>> juveniles and i will keep it in my small greenhouse for the winter.>.
>>
>>I think that would be a very good idea. I think they may be tender,
>>especially if they are very young. After I sent you that information I
>>remembered that I did have a source of more current data than Hortus
Third.
>I
>>have looked in my RHS Index of Garden Plants and the name and authority I
>>gave you is still correct and the Index says that as a group the butterfly
>>irises are generally hardy to USDA Zone 9.
>>
>><< I have more species allied to Iris from the southern hemisphere,do you
>>know of other members which are interested in those ? >>
>>
>>Mark Cook in Florida has been very interested in the subject and I imagine
>>many of the rest of us here are as well. We occasionally get a discussion
>>going on Dietes or something similar. Are you a member of SIGNA, the
>Species
>>Iris Group of North America? SIGNA is an international special interest
>group
>>affiliated with AIS which is concerned with the wider world of species
>>irises. Here is the address of the webpage:
>>http://www.effectnet.com/prj/signa/
>>
>>And do you have the recent book I alluded to earlier? It is not exhausive
>but
>>it is an interesting one: CAPE BULBS, by Richard Doutt, Timber Press
1994.
>I
>>believe these Timber Press books are also available overseas. As I read
>your
>>address you are in the Netherlands, is this correct?
>>
>>Anner Whitehead, Richmond,Virginia, USA Zone 7
>>HIPSource@aol.com
>>
>>>
>
>>
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