RE: Fwd: [iris-species] Can you identify this species?
- Subject: RE: [sibrob] Fwd: [iris-species] Can you identify this species?
- From: w*@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 18:15:34 -0400
Hello;
There is a similar plant on the SIGNA Iris Species Database.
Listed as a white I. prismatica there is some conjecture that it is a sibirica. If you look at the second flower you can see the blue signal pattern. Need to see seed, seed pods, and rhizomes also.
Bill Dougherty
Ellen Gallagher <ellengalla@yahoo.com> wrote:
>This was on the species-iris list on Yahoogroups. Can anyone hazard a guess? Ellen Gallagher
>
>Mike Unser <land_of_mu@yahoo.com> wrote: To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
>From: Mike Unser <land_of_mu@yahoo.com>
>Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:58:47 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: [iris-species] Can you identify this species?
>
>Just in case anyone missed this on the iris-photos group:
>
>After my 'open garden' two years ago a very nice lady dropped off a
>small clump of this iris and wanted me to identify it. I thought it was
>a siberian, but she insists it cannot be that. Seeing it now I am
>inclined to agree with her. I've never seen a sib with purple in the
>throat before. However, it has been suggested again that it is a
>siberien - can anyone confirm that? In this pic it's about 14" high,
>but the other bloom stalks are up to 17" now. The flowers are dainty,
>off-white, purple in the throat and gold on the hafts. There are 3-4
>four buds at the top of the stalk (which is hollow), and no branches.
>The foliage is very similar to a siberian, not thick and tough like a
>PCI. I grow a dozen PCIs and they all have a similar, tough texture to
>the foliage - this one does not have that texture. I really like it,
>and would love to put a name on the species - or species cross? It's
>unlike any other I grow. Appreciate any input!
>
>
>--
>Mike Unser
>Olympia, WA
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