RE:SPEC: help - info on I. kashmiriana?

From: "Jan Jacobsen" <jacobsen.dorph@get2net.dk>


Hi Linda and all
This iris was offered for sale this year from a nursery in Kashmir, but due to the war going on ,the owner of the nursery was killed and no one to take over, but it would probably have been without any sense doing so.
As the name suggest this iris come from Kashmir, Afghanistan and other closeby areas.
The plant is aprx 60 -100cm tall, 2-5 flowers white tinged blue/purple flowers 10-12 cm in diameter.
The iris is also known as I.bartonii.Natural habitat is 2500-3500meters abve sea.
Jan Jacobsen - Denmark



> From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>
> 
> After rooting around in the archives, I can't find much on I.
> kashmiriana , new for me this year.  Posts say it is a 2n=48
> Mediterranean species with lemon fragrance that has poor cold, wet
> winter tolerance.  Lowell Baumunk and Winterberry Gardens (where mine
> came from), both with cold wet winters, offer it for sale.  Another post
> from Canada mentions it as part of Bruce ?s greenhouse collection of
> iris species.  And there is another post that had a long list of species
> including this entry:
> > KASHMIRIANA, KASHMIR, WELCH 
> 
> So I'm curious if anybody can tell me more about this critter?
> 
> Linda Mann
> 
> So what's the deal with this
> 
> > 

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