RE: Confused about Fl. of Butterflies
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- Subject: RE: [sibrob] Confused about Fl. of Butterflies
- From: C* H*
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 21:07:31 -0400
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Here is the Siberian Checklist entry for FOB;
Perhaps check this description against your plant. To me, your reported
height of 12 inches sounds way too far off from the registration height of
33 inches. ... but you never know! A combination of growing conditions of
both yourself and the registering hybridizer would certainly have an
impact. They potentially could be at opposite extremes... which may account
for the large height difference.
FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES Witt, Jean G. Reg. 1972 SIB Possibly A 40 Chrom (33"
84cm) M S. medium violet-blue, stylearms slightly more toward red-violet
side; F. white, entirely covered with butterfly wing pattern of violet-blue
veins. Unknown parentage. White Flower Farm ca 1975.
Best bet for identification, as always, is to get a start of the iris in
question from a reputable specialist grower and grow it side by side with
your original version and then compare. A photo comparison is not enough for
an exact iris identification.
Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
Director-Canadian Iris Society (CIS)
Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
E-mail: cris@netcom.ca <c*@netcom.ca>
Canadian Iris Society (CIS) website: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
Siberian-Species Convention 2003 website:
http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/2003/index.html
Iris-talk info: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS/iristalk.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Dickow [d*@uidaho.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 15:17
> To: sibrob@egroups.com
> Subject: [sibrob] Confused about Fl. of Butterflies
>
>
> Ok, I'm a little puzzled about one of my cutest plants, one that I
> bought at a local nursery labeled 'Flight of Butterflies'. It has dwarf
> characteristics, grows about 12 inches tall, maybe 15. The flowers are
> petite, and a very attractive dark slate blue. Flowers are quite flat
> and
> have a nice blaze with detailed patterning.
>
> The trouble is, more than one catalog listing has said their offerings
> of
> 'Flight of Butterflies' grows 33 inches tall. Photos are blurry to
> nonexistent,
> so this hasn't helped. Either the catalog descriptions are mistaken, or
> I
> don't really own 'F of B' vera.
>
> Bob
>
> P.S. This looks like it might be a really good siberian season for me.
> We'll see.
>
> *****************************************************
> **** Bob Dickow (dickow@uidaho.edu) ******
> *** Hampton School of Music, Univ of Idaho *
> ** USDA Zone 5 *********************************
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