Fwd: Re: Fwd: [iris-species] Can you identify this species?

This is Marty Schafer's answer to Mike and he also sent a photo of 'Snow Prince' to compare. ( Bob Hollingworth and Bill Dougherty also weighed in and their remarks will follow in another e-mail. They also feel it is Iris sibirica.)
 
Ellen
 
Jpwflowers@aol.com wrote:
To: sibrob@yahoogroups.com
From: Jpwflowers@aol.com
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 22:59:04 -0400
Subject: Re: [sibrob] Fwd: [iris-species] Can you identify this species?

Hi Ellen, I'm not sure how to put this image of Snow Prince into the
body of the e-mail like the image Mike sent.  This is an image of Snow
Prince which according to Sarah Tiffney is I. sibirica Grandis x self
if I remember right.  You can see similarities between it and Mike's
plant.  The outstanding feature of Mike's plant is its intense purple
area in the fall haft.  I think the difference between his flower and
Snow Prince is variation within the species.  Marty

-----Original Message-----
From: Ellen Gallagher <ellengalla@yahoo.com>
To: sibrob@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 8 May 2006 14:31:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [sibrob] Fwd: [iris-species] Can you identify this species?

   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
http://www.garden-of-mu.com/gardenpage.HTML
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