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Specific Families and Genera => Iris => Topic started by: John85 on February 12, 2020, 09:12:27 AM
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Looks very much like an ordinary "germanica" but is flowering every year begin february
Dark blue , white beard with a bit of orange
Could it be a hybrid with unguicularis or is that impossible?
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Wow! I have no idea if such a hybrid is possible - how interesting!
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Looks very much like an ordinary "germanica" but is flowering every year begin february
Dark blue , white beard with a bit of orange
Could it be a hybrid with unguicularis or is that impossible?
Picture would be useful?
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Yes, a pic would be very helpful!
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I have been told that it could be iris unguicularis var cephalonica but i can't find any information about this variety
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Seems iIris unguicularis var cephalonica is not a valid name - perhaps just a variety of Iris unguicularis cretensis ?
But is the foliage more like germanica or unguicularis? ( Difficult for you with no camera, I understand that!)
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Indeed Maggi my camera is a non digital one
Var cretensis is a dwarf one and this plant is about 45 cm(1 1/2')high
Foliage is large than the usual unguicularis but not as large as a germanica
Also if I remember well unguicularis as only one flower per stem
This plant as two
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John85 got a friend to photograph the flower and here it is ....
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I cannot say I see any signs of hybrid blood there. :-\
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I would guess it is an I. aphylla.
John B
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The New Zealand hybrid 'Wanganui Gem' is very early flowering here. Could it have made it's way to the UK?
cheers
fermi
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Isn't Aphylla flowering much later?
This plant is flowering since begin february
The lady who gave me the Iris brought it back from Portugal
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I wonder if it could be Iris subbiflora
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I wonder if it could be Iris subbiflora
This is a good possibility.
Iris subbiflora is growing in Portugal. Leaves are more or less evergreen and the flowerstem can reach 40-50 cm.
The flower looks like a big iris lutescens.
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The extra bud (branch?) partway down the stem makes I. subbiflora unlikely. The spathes seem inflated, like they are in I. aphylla. It could also easily be an old garden hybrid or a "germanica" type. A photo showing the whole stem, as well as height information, would be helpful.
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Hi all,
the image from John reminds me of I. (pallida ssp.) llyrica of croatia. Flowing height approx. 40cm, flowering time April to May.
Of course not matching with Portugal and Feb. flowering...
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the stems are not the puffy ones found in subbiflora.
subbiflora heigh is usually 15-40 max
I think it could be germanica (plant 45cm?) , found in the nearby of a village?
In Portugal during the 60's many hybrids were made crossing subbiflora and germanica.
Cutting rhizome of germanica doesn't produce a kind of milk, subblifora produce a very scented "milk".
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Could this be Iris sicula?
From central Sicily, on a rocky meadow above vineyards.