Two subjects: 'Shaker's Prayer' and the Bud Fly
- Subject: [sibrob] Two subjects: 'Shaker's Prayer' and the Bud Fly
- From: E* G* <e*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:10:39 -0700 (PDT)
--- Char Holte <cholte@wi.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Do you have a pic of Shaker's Prayer? <<<
There is a photo of a clump and a beauty shot on the SSI web
page. The URL is in my sig. Just click on and go to photos.
Carol Warner is the hybridizer and won the Morgan-Wood medal
with this hardy beauty.
Have gotten two inquiries about the bud fly so here is an
explanation from an online source...forgotten where I copied
this from:
Orthacheta Bud Fly: The bud fly lava is a hybridizer?s
nightmare, it is a small white maggot that bores into the side
of an iris bud to eat the pollen in side. The standards and
style arms are usually destroyed in the process. When the
blossom opens it is disfigured. They like Siberian irises best,
but will attack other irises including Louisiana iris. When you
see a small hole in the side of a bud or a disfigured blossom,
remove it and check the stem. If there is no sign of passage,
then you have it. Carefully break the bud or blossom apart, look
for the maggot and destroy it. You can also put them into a zip
lock bag for destruction. If the stem shows sign of passage,
then the maggot has gone down the stem to change into the fly.
Another good way to control an out break of the Orthacheta Bud
Fly is to spray with a systemic when the buds have formed, this
can be done when spraying for iris borers.
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher
The Society for Siberian Irises web page: http://www.socsib.org
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