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Luc Gilgemyn

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #30 on: March 16, 2009, 01:32:59 PM »
Fabulous Rafa !!!  :o :o :o
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #31 on: March 16, 2009, 03:01:33 PM »
Magnificent!
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2009, 11:09:50 AM »
Rafa,
Magnificent plant, but not I. astrachanica (=I. scariosa) which should have two flowers in inflorescence.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #33 on: March 18, 2009, 11:43:07 AM »
Stunning iris Rafa - whatever it might be.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #34 on: March 18, 2009, 06:14:21 PM »
my first Iris attica in flower
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #35 on: March 18, 2009, 07:40:38 PM »
wonderful picts here !!!

The last two weeks were very busy !

But here are some picts of the last days.....

 I. albicans ex Yemen
 Iris bicapitata
« Last Edit: March 18, 2009, 09:24:36 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #36 on: March 18, 2009, 09:06:14 PM »
OOH! My word! Would you look at the colour of the pollen on that anther in pic P1010014  !!!! Fabulous!

It would be very nice to see little blue-backed bees when they've visited. :)
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #37 on: March 18, 2009, 09:09:31 PM »
Lovely Irises Tony and Gerhard. I haven't seen I. bicapitata before.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #38 on: March 19, 2009, 12:11:12 AM »
fantastic! I specially apreciate the good picture of a true Iris albicans, commonly mixed up with Iris germanica var. florentina.
Gerdhard, please save me a division if it's possible this year.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2009, 12:13:22 AM by Rafa »

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #39 on: March 19, 2009, 12:37:33 AM »
Gerhard and Rafa,
Is there a chance of you posting a picture of each side by side just to highlight the differences? - I albicans and Iris germanica var.florentina
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #40 on: March 19, 2009, 12:50:52 AM »
I found this in flickr. It is a good picture to see the diferences, basicly they are:

Iris albicans: Flowers unbranched, bracts green/purple, papery  just in upper part.
Iris germanica var. florentina: Flowers branched, bracts completely papery.

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #41 on: March 19, 2009, 03:34:01 AM »
Thanks Rafa. So it is mainly that albicans is a single flower to a stem whereas I. g. var florentina is branched. Albicans is the shorter name, being single flowered and has less paperyness - just thinking out loud of how to remember the differences.
I g var florentina has more in all parts.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #42 on: March 19, 2009, 11:28:06 AM »
Forgive me if I am being dim but surely the Iris shown in Gerhard's photo of I. albicans does NOT have a single flower... there is a secondary branch??????
There is less branching than in the photo of I. g. var florentina, and I can see differences in the flower, but the branching difference is confusing me.... :-\
« Last Edit: March 19, 2009, 01:10:21 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #43 on: March 19, 2009, 01:05:13 PM »
Maggi maybe the flowers on the stem are not counted as stem while if there is extra green there is a stem?
These definitions might be used differently for different plants.
So what is commonly grown in gardens in Portugal is I germanica var florentina?
I ask since there was a plant in the botanical garden of what looked to the "normal stuff" that was labelled albicans.
I will see if I can dig up the picture.
The garden is run with the help of volunteers so this may explain some misnamings.

Kind regards
Joakim
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #44 on: March 19, 2009, 08:06:58 PM »
Rainbow!

Iris lineata
« Last Edit: March 19, 2009, 09:32:03 PM by Maggi Young »

 


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