Juno (Scorpiris) season 2012

[arillady]

Thanks Oron for the cultural practices you use for I. edomensis and the native habitat photos - that is essential information.
Hans you have some brilliant plants - did you grow from seed or start from bulbs/rhizomes?

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Herewith a nice form of Iris persica, here in Belgium the first juno of the year. Never so early!
Hendrik

[Janis Ruksans]

Herewith a nice form of Iris persica, here in Belgium the first juno of the year. Never so early!
Hendrik

Very good, Rik!
Janis

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Herewith a nice form of Iris persica, here in Belgium the first juno of the year. Never so early!
Hendrik

Very good, Rik!
Janis

Thank you very much Janis for your comment.
I hope you will forgive me that I post the first picture of the "Juno species nova" from your brand new catalogue because it's more than a beauty!
Those who want his catalogue 2012 on-line, just send Janis an email: janis.bulb@hawk.lv
Hendrik

[Janis Ruksans]

Thank you, Rik. This juno is real beauty, but I have only very few...
Janis

[PeterT]

Is this the Iris "aff Nusariensis" which was in Jim Archibald's seed list three years ago?

[Lesley Cox]

What fantastic irises and my grateful thanks to those showing them. Most of those above we will never see in New Zealand or even at all!

[PeterT]

I'm sure you could grow most of them Lesley, almost all species are on your permitted seed list; all it takes is seeds, luck and a lot of patience, - the same as for the rest of us.

[Lesley Cox]

Not parvula nor edomensis though! Actually, quite a few seem to have been added since I last looked and I need to look up the conditions but it seems maybe irises (dormant bulbs) don't have to be quarantined now. Level 2 before, now Level 1 which means I could bring in some histrio aintabensis and some others from Marcus. We'll see.

[PeterT]

It took me six years to obtain a bulb of parvula Lesley, and I still have only one clone. It took seven years before I was given some seeds of it by a very kind friend, (they have yet to be germinated). All other seeds that ever grew which were labled parvula were either vicaria or something similar. As for histrio aint, seeds of it are quite available if rarely.

I have been growing junos for nearly 40 years- since I was a toddler, edomensis is a holy grail unless you happen to live in its native home.
Good luck with importing bulbs, but remember we all have to work hard to cultivate rare plants, not just those of you in New Zealand. They are rare in cultivation for a reason -either hard to obtain or hard to grow, and usually both.

[Lesley Cox]

Of course I realize all this Peter, and you, yourself have been very generous to me with iris seed. I wish I could reciprocate. My comments were rueful rather than anything else.

It was especially good to see I. edomensis with Oron because previously I had thought the only person ever to cultivate it successfully was Tony Hall. I don't aspire to joint that august and highly skilled company, only to look and admire. You mustn't condemn me for dreaming though.

[PeterT]

One of the most difficult species to grow ( my opinion  ) is flowering now: Iris edomensis, a bit early too but we have a warm and humid weather at the moment. This species doesn't like water at all at the end of growing cycle, and need dry rest period for the all summer.

Credit where it is due, Fred posted this.

[Lesley Cox]

Fred's plant is superb on page 23 but so is Oron's on page 20. Credit to both gentlemen surely, and their superb skills. I was also carried away by the incredibly harsh landscape Oron showed, the home of I. edomensis. The mature plant seems to be holding a seed pod rather than a bud. Good news for the future of this stunning bulb in its habitat.

[Janis Ruksans]

Is this the Iris "aff Nusariensis" which was in Jim Archibald's seed list three years ago?

Yes.
Janis

[PeterT]

Thankyou Janis, they are growing  ,