Re: New (to me) iris

Thanks for the information!

The man who has the sikkimensis is Gene Bush, of Munchkin Nurseries in
DePauw, IN.  He is on my Gardens and Gardening list, and has a small
woodland and rare plant nursery.  Unfortunately, he doesn't normally do
mail order. I will, however, pass on to him the interest I've had
expressed by several people on this list--and see what he says.

Carol

 On Mon, 16
Sep 1996, Avocet International wrote:

> Carol
> 
> If interested in species irises, rather than TBs, the essential book is "The 
> Iris" by Brian Mathews, it descibes almost all the species in the genus Iris 
> in the world at the time of publication.  It is an excellent reference and 
> answers many of the questions that come up on this list.
> 
> The first three species are common species but sikkimensis has only been 
> recorded once by Dykes.  I would be very interested to learn of the nursery 
> that claims to have specimens.  Does anyone else on the list claim to have a 
> specimen of this species or know of one in cultivation in N.Am.?
> 
> Ian E. Efford
> Ottawa 
> avocet@worldlink.ca
> 
> 
> >I have one of those dream situations--I got to choose from a catalog
> >"whatever I can't live without."  Among the things I chose were some iris
> >I have never heard of. (Now, they may be very common to most of you, but
> >I'm new to this--even if, as revealed in a previous messgae, I'm not all
> >that new to the world.)
> >
> >Anyway--this catalog lists Iris forestii, iris gracilipes, I. graminea, I.
> >sikkimensis and I X Pardanacacanda X norrisii.  Since I asked for most of
> >these, I'd love to know what people can tell me about them!
> >
> >Carol
> >Zone 5b
> >
> >
>
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