Reticulate Iris - 2014

[art600]

Two more Iranian iris

Iris reticulate from the Olang Pass

Iris bakeriana collected in 2004

[Steve Garvie]

I'm sure I've read somewhere that Iris zagrica has a long flower stalk and a short flower tube.

Here is my I. zagrica taken in failing afternoon light which is why the blue-violet colour appears so pronounced:

[Melvyn Jope]

Iris reticulata, a nice gift from Arthur, label says  seed collected Turkey 2001, worth the wait I think.

[LucS]

Two more Iranian iris

Iris reticulate from the Olang Pass

Iris bakeriana collected in 2004

Nice plants Arthur !
Iris bakeriana is new to me.

[Mark Griffiths]

more lovely plants. For some reason I got it into my head you can't grow reticulate irises in pots - no idea where I got that from. 

[Otto Fauser]

beautiful and interesting Reticulas  everyone , including your I. reticulata col. Turkey Melvyn which looks more like I histrio  to me .

[tonyg]

beautiful and interesting Reticulas  everyone , including your I. reticulata col. Turkey Melvyn which looks more like I histrio  to me .

I agree ... on both counts!  I grow an Iris histrio form which is very similar, just coming into flower now.  Mine is a RRW (Wallis) collection, also from Turkey I think.

[tonyg]

Iris reticulata seedling from a batch of Alan McMurtrie seed sown 4 September 2009 and flowering for the first time. May well be some others later in the season which I hope will be a little more exotic in colour.

This was seed shared with Arthur Nicholls, TonyG and Lesley and wondered if any of them have (or had in Lesley's case) flowers out?

I am hoping to see first flowers very soon!

[David Nicholson]

Looking forward to seeing them Tony.

[Melvyn Jope]

beautiful and interesting Reticulas  everyone , including your I. reticulata col. Turkey Melvyn which looks more like I histrio  to me .

Thanks Otto, always happy to be advised by those that know more about the species than me. The portrait I posted yesterday had only been out for a couple of hours so here is the flower again looking more mature 24 hours later.

[art600]

Melvyn - definitely worth waiting for. 

Not sure if I succeeded with this one =must search through the significant quantity of pots. 

Reticulate Iris rank alongside Crocus in my seed growing plans.  Hope to have many McMurtrie hybrids flowering this year - planted October 2010.

[ian mcenery]

One from Dirk . Iris ret from Gechard , Armenia

[David Nicholson]

That is a nice one Ian, I do like it.

[ian mcenery]

That is a nice one Ian, I do like it.

Thank you David

[johnralphcarpenter]

I don't (yet) have any rare reticulate iris or any from wild collected seed. But at the snowdrop sale at Myydleton House today my wife saw these on the Monksilver Nursery stand and decided I should buy them - she always prefers something with some colour in it! Iris reticulata 'Blue Note', Iris reticulata 'Gordon'. and Iris 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'.