Re: Looking for photos
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] Looking for photos
- From: K* W* <k*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:56:27 -0500
Bob,
I have a couple of dwarf sanguineas which have this feature. They
both have bracts which are kind of browninsh red, not the most attractive
color. But I'll try to get you a good photo in June.
Ken
At 05:37 AM 2/10/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>I am looking for pictures of one of the most commonly grown species, Iris
>sanguinea, for the Iris encyclopedia. Sanguinea gets its name from the
>blood red bracts below the flower. I have yet to see a picture that shows
>these. In warm springs the red/purple coloring may not be very apparent
>and so it turns out this is not a reliable trait to separate it from Iris
>sibirica. But surprisingly I can find no pictures that show this staining.
>It can be so dramatic in some forms under the right conditions that the
>whole plant might appear red as in 'Hematophylla'. Does anyone have photos
>showing this character?
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