[pbs] Iris
John Lonsdale
john at johnlonsdale.net
Wed May 3 11:33:08 EDT 2006
Mary Sue,
Regarding the Iris cristata cultivar names - I tend to use
what is attached to the plant when I receive it, unless it
is clearly wrong. However that obviously doesn't validate
the name I have and use. I suspect that White Angel
probably should be Eco White Angel and have no reason to
think Shenandoah Skies is not correct - none of which is
definitive. Regarding your organization of the bearded
irises, and by extension, other irises, are you drawing
the line for inclusion on the wiki anywhere in particular
or are all irises fair game/of interest to this audience?
I have just had a wonderful flowering of all three section
Chinenses irises I grow (odesaensis, koreana and
especially henryi). Seed set on the latter is
particularly exciting. Also flowering is Iris imbricata,
from two recent collections in Iran and S Armenia - this
is another glorious bearded species.
Thanks and all the best,
John
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