Re: Iris Humor!
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Iris Humor!
- From: D* M* <d*@southconn.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 23:43:41 -0400
At 10:14 PM 9/5/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 96-09-05 17:09:55 EDT, you write:
>
>>>You MIGHT be a Redneck Irisarian if
>
>Donald, you are a riot! I suspect your "You MIGHT be a redneck irisarian
>ifs..." are going to appear in AIS regional newletters all over the U.S.
>Naturally you inspired me to try.......
>Clarence Mahan in VA.
Clarence, you have some pretty good ones there yourself. I felt like I owed
the list a few chuckles after recently getting everyone started on the rot
thread again.
Help needed:
Recently I collected some seeds from what I assumed were Louisiana irises.
However, now I'm not so sure that they weren't Japanese irises. The seeds
look fairly large, about the size of a large chocolate chip. However, they
are cinnamon colored with a somewhat rough textured surface, yet a little
sparklely in finish, like an emory board. Some of the seeds are complete
little disk shapes while others are irregular or more wedge shaped like
orange slices. Most of the pods were elongated, about 2 to 4 inches in
length, and varied in dryness and color (yellow to black). I have a JI in a
pot that I know is definitely a JI and it has a smaller rounded seed pod
than the plants from which I collected the unknown seeds. The plants from
which I collected seed also had rhizomes which ran along the top of the ground.
Help! What have I really collected. I'm almost 100% sure that it is not I.
pseudacorus.
- Donald (confused since I haven't seen enough variations of either JI's or
LA's to tell the difference on first sight without a bloom to give it away)
Donald Mosser
dmosser@southconn.com
North Augusta, SC, USA
Zone 7b-8
