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Specific Families and Genera => Iris => Topic started by: ruweiss on August 14, 2016, 09:48:36 PM

Title: Iris Id, please
Post by: ruweiss on August 14, 2016, 09:48:36 PM

 Several years after sowing this Iris flowered for the first time in May for me.
 The resulting seed pod looks quite interesting, maybe somebody can help
 me with a name. Sorry for the lost label.

Title: Re: Iris Id, please
Post by: arilnut on August 14, 2016, 10:50:21 PM

Looks like I. lactea to me. I have several pods on mine and they
almost always hang down.

John B

Title: Re: Iris Id, please
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 15, 2016, 01:52:41 AM

I'd agree, Rudi,
yours looks identical to this pic on the SIGNA website
http://signa.org/index.pl?Display+Iris-lactea+11 (http://signa.org/index.pl?Display+Iris-lactea+11)
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Iris Id, please
Post by: ruweiss on August 15, 2016, 09:28:16 PM

John and Fermi,
Many thanks for the quick information.

Title: Re: Iris Id, please
Post by: arillady on September 12, 2016, 09:14:34 AM

Definitely Iris lactea and the pod will have masses of seed. The seed pods can be a bit hard to open. Seed pods are readily formed and usually upright for me.

Title: Re: Iris Id, please
Post by: ruweiss on September 13, 2016, 09:35:30 PM

Pat, thank you for your reply. You are right, the seeds sit rather tight in
the seed pods, like these of Iris songarica.
I made a mistake when I planted my Iris lactea on top of a dry wall, this is maybe
the reason for the hanging seedpods.