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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2009, 01:00:33 AM »
Thank's again John for your superb pictures of Oncos !!!
Iris camilliae is stunning  :o
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2009, 07:49:53 AM »
Here are the last remaining Onco flowering at RBGE. It is quite interesting to see the two clones of Paradoxa forma mirabilis one has a dark orange fall and the other is brown.The iberica ssp lycotis again has good marking but tends to grow a bit bigger in cultivation than in the wild.
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2009, 08:27:05 AM »
Wonderful stuff John !
Thanks again for showing us !
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2009, 08:37:14 AM »
The mirabilis is really stunning !!!
A pity that it was not available  :'(
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2009, 08:48:11 AM »
Hello John,
thanks for showing this pics - Iris paradoxa f. mirabilis is a real stunner! The two different colourforms are very interesting - do you know if they were collected in the same population?
Great you show Iris iberica ssp. lycotis growing in nature!
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #20 on: May 08, 2009, 08:49:33 AM »
All beautiful, John.  Great stuff.  8)
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #21 on: May 08, 2009, 09:18:42 AM »
Thanks for your comments Paul and Fred. Hans the plants were collected blind they were growing with I meda and we thought that's what we we collecting, so it was a great surprise to find that we had I meda and these two forms from the same area.
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2009, 11:03:43 AM »
Wow thanks John for showing us these lovely oncos. What a fantastic result from your collecton.
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2009, 11:37:14 AM »
Thanks pat i will try and post other if they come into flower !!!
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2009, 12:19:36 PM »
John,

What a bonus.  Got what you want AND others.  Great stuff. 8)
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #25 on: May 13, 2009, 12:24:45 PM »
Thanks for your comments Paul and Fred. Hans the plants were collected blind they were growing with I meda and we thought that's what we we collecting, so it was a great surprise to find that we had I meda and these two forms from the same area.

 :o - this is a surprise! did you find intermedian forms between both species?
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #26 on: May 13, 2009, 01:34:44 PM »
Hans we didn't if i remember correctly they was a large patch of I meda growing at the edge of the field and we thought that this area would be all I meda there were no other species in flower that we could see at that time.
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Re: A few Oncocyclus at RBGE - Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
« Reply #27 on: May 13, 2009, 07:44:37 PM »
Thanks John - this patch must have been a great sight!
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