Re: Beardless i.d. by foliage
- To: IRIS-L <I*@Rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Beardless i.d. by foliage
- From: B* S* <7*@CompuServe.COM>
- Date: 14 Sep 96 07:58:47 EDT
One way to ID Louisianas is to hold the foilage up to a bright light and look
thru it. You can see obvious reticulated columar striations in the green area.
This kinda looks like little rectangles stacked end upon end. Having a medical
background, these look like columnar epithelium cells, but large enough to be
seen by the naked eye. I found these while holding up a leaf looking for those
"spots" that others have been talking about. After pulling off other LA leaves,
I noted that all of them in my garden have them. I'm surprised that other
"leaf -lookers" haven't noticed this, because I'm as blind as a bat! I havent
noted these little rectangles on JIs or Sibs and don't know if they exist on
other beardless irises.
All you other "leaf-lookers" take a look at your LAs and other beardless irises
and let me know if you see what I see!
BillSmoot AIS Region 4 Portsmouth, VA
