SPEC:True I. rossii
- Subject: SPEC:True I. rossii
- From: B* S*
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:08:56 -0400
Caution is required in identifying rare species such as I. rossii. Some
years ago a Korean source supplied "I. rossi" seeds to SIGNA. All plants I
have seen grown from that seed were in fact garden selections of I.
sanguinea. The same source supplied sanguinea seeds as I. koreana and a few
other species. I bought "I. uniflora" from a general nursery and got I.
sanguinea, but this time it was the true wild species from China, so worth
keeping (and registering, since it is an uncommonly vigorous and
late-blooming selection).
The very dwarf Acorus (sweetflag) that was distributed for years as I.
minutoaurea is now legendary. Since it never bloomed, it took years to sort
out.
I got caught earlier this year with my effusive account of "I. lazica."
My plants, from a commercial nursery specializing in rock garden plants,
were in fact I. douglasiana. The mixup traces back to a rock garden society
seed list offering from misidentified plants. A closer look showed that
this was indeed true, and wiser heads explained the situation.
Bottom line: Be careful about distributing plants or seeds that have not
been definitively identified by an expert in iris species.
Bill S.
Bill S.
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