Juno Iris 2014

[krisderaeymaeker]

Very nice Kris!!!
The Tovilj Dara rosenbachiana collection has to be the best looking of all the nicolai/rosenbachiana types!

Thanks Steve , must admit that I agree about your quote . This is indeed a very good type. I like the dark and rich colour.
It is  Janis who distribute this type as you probably know .

[Cyril L]

Some fantastic junos Kris. (The spell checker kept changing junos to junks) .  My Tovilj Dara will flower next week.  I. leptorhiza is an elusive one for me.  I once grew it (from Jan Jilek) but it got smaller and smaller every year.  I think this is one with no swollen bulb.  Do you grow it the same way as other junos Kris?

I. nicolai ex Tajikistan is my first Juno to flower.  Grown from SRGC seeds.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Some fantastic junos Kris. (The spell checker kept changing junos to junks) .  My Tovilj Dara will flower next week.  I. leptorhiza is an elusive one for me.  I once grew it (from Jan Jilek) but it got smaller and smaller every year.  I think this is one with no swollen bulb.  Do you grow it the same way as other junos Kris?
I. nicolai ex Tajikistan is my first Juno to flower.  Grown from SRGC seeds.

Thanks Cyril ! I have this leptorhiza from the same source ......I must admit that I only have it in my collection since last year .So I don't have much experience on this leptorhiza....
Yes it is one with no swollen bulb as I remember wel .
Your  nicolai looks very good. I love them very much when grow  so compact ! These nicolai's and rosenbachiana's are maybe the very best of the genus Juno's . I like the ones with not much leaves at flowering point. Other favourites are persicum,stenophylla,galatica .....
 

[Alex]

I've grown leptorhiza for quite a few years now, and it even offsets....I grow it plunged and just like other Junos. It does indeed lack storage roots, whence the name. I bought it as a small bulb from Westonbirt plants 7 or 8 years ago....this year I have one from Jan as well, which has now finished flowering. Perhaps the Westonbirt stock is particularly sturdy?

Alex

[Hans A.]

Fantastic Junos Luc, Kris, Steve and Cyril - a still have did not find the clue to grow Iris rosenbachiana and Iris nicolai on Mallorca, perhaps storing them cooler in summer might help, but some other do fine. Some from yesterday

    Iris planifolia_14-01-25
    Iris fosteriana_14-01-25
    Iris persica_14-01-25
(edit to add plant names)

[arillady]

Hans lovely to see your junos flowering.

[Cyril L]

    Iris planifolia_14-01-25
    Iris fosteriana_14-01-25
    Iris persica_14-01-25

Hans, lovely to see these growing outside.  I. planifolia is rather tender here, has to be kept frost free.  You are fortunate to have no frost in winter.

Iris nicolai, darker falls, almost black, grown from seeds 2008.
Iris rosenbachiana 'Tovilj Dara' has opened its first flower, 3 bulbs with different stages of flowering.

[Otto Fauser]

Hans ,what a joy to see such healthy clumps of those beautiful and difficult Junos thriving in your garden . You seem to have the ideal climate . The clump of I. fosteriana brings back memories of 1971 when I was fortunate to see in NW Afghanistan whole hillsides covered with clumps of it - only shorter in flower stem length .

[krisderaeymaeker]

Fantastic Junos Luc, Kris, Steve and Cyril - a still have did not find the clue to grow Iris rosenbachiana and Iris nicolai on Mallorca, perhaps storing them cooler in summer might help, but some other do fine. Some from yesterday

    Iris planifolia_14-01-25
    Iris fosteriana_14-01-25
    Iris persica_14-01-25
(edit to add plant names)

Super plants Hans , as always . The fosteriana is the best I ever have seen .....

[krisderaeymaeker]

Iris nicolai, darker falls, almost black, grown from seeds 2008.

Very very good form Cyril , must admit that I like it !

[krisderaeymaeker]

Iris rosenbachiana 'Tovilj Dara' has opened its first flower, 3 bulbs with different stages of flowering.

Could not resist to make some extra pictures ........

[Steve Garvie]

Iris rosenbachiana
-collected from northern Afghanistan. I thought this would be the same as the plant I have that was collected at Sogor Lake, Afghanistan but this plant is more attractive with a bluish suffusion of the falls and rather blue standards.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A super plant Steve !

[art600]

Kris and Steve

Superb plants.

My plants are not nearly as advanced and I am doubtful that many, if any, will flower.  Any helpful hints greatly appreciated.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Iris rosenbachiana
-collected from northern Afghanistan. I thought this would be the same as the plant I have that was collected at Sogor Lake, Afghanistan but this plant is more attractive with a bluish suffusion of the falls and rather blue standards.

I like the  bluish suffusion of the falls and rather blue standards  Steve ! Good to see this variation. It make this genus even more interesting .