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arillady:
I would like to introduce myself. I am currently the President of the Aril Society International. I became interested in arils in 1989 when I saw two photos in 'Bulbs' by Phillips and Rix, of Iris iberica ssp. elegantissima growing in its natural habitat. I was smitten by these beauties and so I joined the ASI, received seed from their seedbank and from a member in Israel and started growing them. Our climate appears to be similar in many ways to the lower altitude species and this has helped greatly in my continued success in growing arils and arilbreds. The ASI have a plant sale plus we introduced a seed exchange for members a few years ago which has proved highly successful.
I have grown 98% of my irises from seed. I am certainly not saying I have had success or a great germination rate over the years but I do have quite a large collection - mainly species crosses as I might not have another clone flowering at the same time. The arils appear to be self sterile. Marcus Harvey in Tasmania has also supplied a few rhizomes for those of us in Australia.
Pat Toolan

David Nicholson:
Welcome to the Forum Pat,  it's good to have someone with your skill and knowledge and I look forward to reading more about your plants. Although I love all Irises, given my maritime climate Arils would be a step too far. I enjoy looking at them and reading about them though.

Maggi Young:
Hello, Pat and a very warm welcome to the Forum. A delight to have you... and by extension, your society, on board!
You originally opened this page in Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum > Member's Area (only viewable by registered forum members) > Member's Board.........
I will, however, move this topic to the main forum Iris pages, where everyone will be able to see it, not just registered Forum members.... this section: Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum > Specific Genera  > Iris
main Iris page is here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?board=22.0

Looking forward to hearing more from you!

arillady:
Thanks Maggi and David for the warm welcome and help with the forum directions. I had thought I had sent a message when I first joined up but I guess it did not pass GO.
Even though I have been growing oncocyclus for nearly 20 years I do not claim to be any sort of expert - Mother Nature gives me much help. I just keep my fingers crossed each summer that we don't have a downpour that combined with heat cooks the rhizomes. It is always with a sense of delight and wonder that I watch the new leaves appearing in autumn and then sheer joy when the flowers form and open up. This is when you want to invite everyone over to see them.

Paul T:
Pat,

Welcome.  I used to be a member, but funds meant that I couldn't continue.  Also frustrating to see adverts of the sale, knowing I couldn't access them.  I. i. ssp.  elegantissima was something that sparked me on arils as well, but after getting one from Marcus a couple of years ago I lost it!! (you probably heard the sobbing from all the way down there in South Aus)  One of my holy grails, but I need to get back to basics with arils again I think before trying again.  I just LOVe the pics of the flowers I have seen.  Used to grow a few of the arilbreds beardeds etc quite successfully, but lost them over time with the changing climate and February drenching rainss we had a couple of years running.  Good to have you here with us.  8)

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