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Author Topic: Mystery iris  (Read 1392 times)

arillady

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Mystery iris
« on: August 28, 2014, 11:19:43 AM »
I grew this iris from seed but the chooks (chickens) have scratched the tag away. Any suggestions
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Re: Mystery iris
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2014, 12:01:04 PM »
it reminds me Iris subbiflora

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Re: Mystery iris
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2014, 04:32:35 PM »
With the long stem and such developed leaves at flowering time i would say Iris bicapitata rather than I. lutescens subsp subbiflora syn I. subbiflora which has more compact growth habit.

I lutescens has mostly one flower per stem while bicapitata has two, the second blooms after the first has  finished,
in the photo one can notice the second bud coming through.
« Last Edit: August 28, 2014, 04:52:19 PM by Oron Peri »
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arillady

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Re: Mystery iris
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 09:59:19 AM »
 I know I had Iris bicapitata seeds and the second flower is now out - thanks Oron.  I do have a Iris subbiflora x revoluta cross ex Harald Mathes but that doesn't have two flowers at once.
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Re: Mystery iris
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2014, 10:31:27 PM »
Funny that I am not so good to ID it from the photos  ;D
Anyway, it looks rightly as I. bicapitata
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Re: Mystery iris
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2014, 09:55:51 AM »
Funny that I am not so good to ID it from the photos  ;D
Anyway, it looks rightly as I. bicapitata

It is easy to make  ID from a photo, Angelo - if it is yellow, it is a narcissus!  ::) ;D ;D ;)
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