Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

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a green form of Arisaema ringens:

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and a very interesting looking inflorescence of

Bellevalia aff. tenuifolium                         
Bellevalia aff. tenuifolium cl 

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some peonies:
                               
Paeonia Command Performance                           
Paeonia Many Happy Returns   

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One grower showed us some nice new forms of x Rhodoxis, which is looking promising for the near future:

x Rhodoxis Anne Croch                                 
x Rhodoxis Bloodstone                                   
Hypoxis setosa                                   
x Rhodoxis Jenny                                       
x Rhodoxis Ria                                         
x Rhodoxis Sonja     

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and finally there was a vase with Ixiolirion:

Ixiolirion tataricum                                 
Ixiolirion tataricum cl

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Some real beauties, Luit.

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Thank you Anne, glad you still like my reports

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I always enjoy them, Luit, even when I don't comment. They are much appreciated.

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This Monday the show hall was filled with vases of Dutch irises, but I start with a few other flowers.
The first pic shows a white Muscari which most likely is: Muscari comosum Album 
Muscari [comosum Album]                         

Triteleia hyacinthina
Allium Bolero                             

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and now the Iris hollandica with first several new and (still) nameless hybrids:

Iris hollandica hybrids

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and finishing with some named ones:

Iris holl. Eye of the Tiger                     
Iris holl. Gipsy Beauty                   
Iris holl. Strong Gold                       
Iris holl. Red Ember                         
Iris holl. Rusty Beauty                     
Iris holl. Silvery Beauty                     
Iris holl. Mickey Ocean   

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Lovely to see these Luit, I particularly like unnamed number 3.  I must look up and see why they are called Dutch Iris!

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Brian, maybe this is helpful for you: Iris HOLLANDica   

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Aah but I am English Luit   I see they were first bred in Holland in 1891 but am having difficulty finding anything more!

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Aah now I see who was responsible:

http://www.bulbnrose.org/Heredity/Tubergen/Tubergen.html

Not so clear as it could be Brian, but here you may read much more about these irises
The Global Flower Bulb Industry: Production, Utilization, Research.  pp. 24-25.
http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/06/04705052/0470505206.pdf
and a link about the Rev. Joseph Jacob who gave the name I. hollandicum:
http://www.whitewellchurch.co.uk/church.html

Interesting is that Dutch Irises are named by an Englishman and English irises are actually Spanish Irises