Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Iris => Topic started by: Alex on January 12, 2010, 08:51:48 PM
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From my greenhouse today, done under artificial light out of necessity! Flowered for the first time last year after about 4 years from a small bulb, maybe it will consider offsetting now?
Alex
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A stunner Alex. Was it so early last year?
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A beautiful species, it was worth waiting.
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http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2993.0
A couple of weeks later last year...
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http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2993.0
A couple of weeks later last year...
Now fancy that....EARLIER this year ..... especially in the light ( if you will pardon the pun) of the conversation we've just been having about low light levels and etiolation and suffering bulbs in the Crocus pages... ???
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Indeed - but I blame the unseasonably mild weather we had in Nov/Dec before, for some odd reason, it suddenly decided to snow...
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Of course, I had overlooked that since it wasn't that mild up here. Whatever the cause... it is really pretty..... you must be pleased it is doing well.
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Bravo Alex, a superb start to your Juno year I suspect! What sort of lighting regimen are you employing?
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The lighting is just for the picture since it was dark outside, I don't have growlights (would be good, though...)
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:D LOL, wrong end of the rhizome! All the better foir being 'natural' though!!
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A beautiful wee gem Alex !!
Good colours and so well behaved, short stemmed !
Love it !!
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Wonderful plant Alex!
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Well grown Alex, and so nice to see such plants in january !
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Now the very closely related I. persica which came from Janis last year, since I lost my previous stock to post-flowering Botrytis...
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Good color !
Alex, you seem to have a very large greenhouse for your bulbs !
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Nicely flowered, fingers crossed the post flower botrytis will stay away, have you considered using a small 5v dc fan for improving ventilation in a small area?
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Thank you - the greenhouse is a decent size, but maybe that angle is rather flattering since the Iris is right at the end...
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...I do have a fan in fact, it's blowing directly on to the Irises so maybe things will be better this year (the setup is new).
Alex
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I should imagine it would work Alex, I'm employing the same principle with my Masdevallia orchids.
Look forward to seeing more of your Junos! :D