Re: I. Hoogiana 'Late Amythest'
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] I. Hoogiana 'Late Amythest'
- From: B* S*
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:53:56 -0400
On 10/25/01 8:40 AM, "Bill Shear" <wshear@hsc.edu> wrote:
> I have a question about this iris (prompted by seeing a nice picture of it
> on Ken Walker's website).
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> Is it really I. hoogiana? I grew it several years ago, and it appeared to
> be at least part tall bearded, with form atypical of I. hoogiana, and a stem
> with a single branch. Or is something else now in commerce under this name?
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> I suspect that rather than a variety, this is a hybrid of some kind. I
> haven't been able to find much about it in the iris literature.
>
> Bill Shear
> Department of Biology
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Having read Sharon's posting (with which I heartily agree in regard to
almost any iris species), perhaps I feel even more strongly about 'Late
Amythest' that it is not all hoogiana. I should mention that the plant I
had was from the AIS plant sale. When it bloomed, the flowers were almost
50% larger than hoogiana, looked TB in form, and had a small dark purple
signal under the beard.
PLEASE do not pass along rhizomes or seeds of any iris species unless and
until you are SURE of its identity, having bloomed it and compared your
plant to the species description. The BIS species book is an excellent
source of authoritative, if brief, species descriptions.
Do we have anyone from Denver on the list? Panayoti Keliadis (sorry if that
famous name is not spelled correctly) was growing a number of verified onco
species at the Denver Botanical Garden and wrote about them several years
ago in SIGNA. Perhaps that collection is still extant.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
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